Why "Plain English" Won't Work

Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

A Thought for Reactionaries

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Sun Tzu

Planning

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Liberation

Reality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken.

Tim Ferriss

Politicians *Should* Know This

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

Benjamin Disraeli

Politicians Know This

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

Not Obvious

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

Alfred North Whitehead

Say No

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

How ?

It is surprising how easy it is to forget that the way to get things done is to do them.

Mark Forster

What is Moral ?

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

Albert Einstein

More on Fundamentalists

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

André Gide

Seeing Clearly is ...

The power of accurate observation is often mistaken for cynicism by those who have not got it.

George Bernard Shaw

Another Point for Fundamentalists

There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.

Alfred North Whitehead

Patton Comments on the Current Lisbon Referendum Debate

If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking.

George Patton Jr

Watch Yourself

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool.

Richard Feynman

Guide to Politicians #1

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Dale Carnegie

No More Weekly Wit

Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.

Arthur Miller

Magnanimity

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

Benjamin Disraeli

Hmm...

A clash of doctrines is not a disaster--it is an opportunity.

Alfred North Whitehead

Older and Wiser

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

Abraham Joshua Heschel