“‘I try to be, as G.K. Chesterton once wrote, ‘wise enough to be made a fool of.’”
Susan Cheever in Newsday November 12, 2002 p. B02, quoted in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 7 #1 (9/03)
“My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.”
The Duke of Wellington according to AZ Quotes [https://www.azquotes.com/author/15482-Duke_of_Wellington] [and yes, I’m on an Iron Duke binge because I’d long admired him but had no idea he’d uttered so many bon mots, if he’ll pardon my French].
“Like Jordan Baker, people with self-respect have the courage of their mistakes.”
Joan Didion Slouching Toward Bethlehem
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance and, if true, is of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
– C.S. Lewis, quoted on https://twitter.com/CSLewisDaily/status/1595888784704507905
In my latest Loonie Politics column I say a suggestion by a university psychologist, somewhat surprisingly, helps illuminate the frustrating way liberals and conservatives think, talk and shout past one another.
“To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound.”
The Duke of Wellington according to AZ Quotes [https://www.azquotes.com/author/15482-Duke_of_Wellington]
“If you want to know something about yourself, sit on your bed one night and say to yourself: ‘What is one thing I am doing wrong? That I know I am doing wrong, that I could fix, and that I would fix.’ You have to mean this. This is no game. You meditate on that and you will get an answer. It may not be the one you want but it will be the necessary one. Once you find it, you should push yourself beyond your limits of tolerance to find out where it is and how much you can work. Ask yourself, how disciplined can you be? Can you work 12 hours a day? Where is your limit? And how much work can you do? Push yourself and then back off to that point where it is sustainable. It is good to think about that as a goal. You do not want to have too much fun as it takes you out. So you want to make sure that what you are doing pushes you in every direction that you can, but you should be doing that with an aim in mind. You are trying to make yourself into a better and more competent person.”
Jordan Peterson “Discovering Personality – Black Friday Sale” email with internal title “Discover your limits” 27/11/22.
“If you can’t summon your strength, at least summon your weakness.”
Me on getting up in the morning June 12, 2001.