“He will not go far who knows from the first where he is going.”
Napoleon at the beginning of his career, according to George Gilder Wealth and Poverty [though actually Napoleon’s career rather gives me the impression of frantic energy without sensible goals].
“One who has been unable to trust his father has a much more difficult time learning to trust the One from whom all fathers take their name.”
J. Budziszewski “The Underground Thomist” May 8, 2023 [https://www.undergroundthomist.org/things-i-had-to-learn]
“Earth is full. Go home.”
One of the “Expressions for women under stress” found on the Internet, in Globe & Mail March 16, 2001
“There are some truths which do not have to be proven, but are needed for working out all the other truths.”
J. Budziszewski “The Underground Thomist” May 8, 2023 [https://www.undergroundthomist.org/things-i-had-to-learn]
“In the old days, they founded nations (Moses, George Washington) or saved them (Nelson at Trafalgar). Because of their grand stature, they had grand flaws. The greater the man, the greater his perversity, says the Talmud (I translate loosely).”
Rick Salutin in Globe & Mail June 10, 2005 [on “heroes”].
“Deal with a thing while it is still nothing;/ Keep a thing in order before disorder sets in.”
Lao Tzu II.LXIV
“As the Chinese proverb says: Unless we change direction, we will likely end up where we are headed.”
Diane Francis in Maclean’s March 21, 1994
“We say we must ‘forgive ourselves’ - but no one can really forgive himself, because he is not the one who is principally concerned by his wrongdoing. Instead one should confess wrong and seek forgiveness from that person – and from God.”
J. Budziszewski “The Underground Thomist” May 8, 2023 [https://www.undergroundthomist.org/things-i-had-to-learn]