“Idealist: a cynic in the making.”
“Irving Layton Canadian poet (1912-2006)” quoted as “Thought du jour” in “Social Studies” in Globe & Mail June 19, 2013
“Great players may question one of their moves, but they never question themselves.”
Bruce Pandolfini in National Post April 24, 1999 [discussing chess]
“That religion which God requires, and will accept, does not consist in weak, dull, lifeless wishes, raising us but a little above a state of indifference. God in His Word, greatly insists upon it, that we be in good earnest, fervent in spirit, and our hearts vigorously engaged in mercies.”
Jonathan Edwards quoted in Federalist Patriot No. 04-32 August 9, 2004 from Federalist.com.
“‘Like the land of the Brobdingnagians,’ said Turnbull, smiling. ‘Oh, Where is that?’ said MacIan. Turnbull said bitterly, ‘In a book,’ and the silence fell suddenly between them again.”
G.K. Chesterton The Ball and the Cross, as header quotation on David Beresford in Gilbert The Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 26 # 4 (March-April 2023)
“There is one thing infinitely more absurd than burning a man for his philosophy. This is the habit of saying that his philosophy does not matter.”
G.K. Chesterton quoted by David Cregg in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 16 #4 (Jan.-Feb,. 2013)
“The universal mark of ‘social reforms’ is the general attempt of the wealthy to get the needy well under their control.”
G.K. Chesterton in Illustrated London News Jan. 25, 1913, quoted in Gilbert The Magazine of the Society of G.K. Chesterton Vol. 26 # 2 (Nov.-Dec. 2022)
“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
Oscar Wilde in Lady Windemere's Fan [https://idiomorigins.org/origin/knows-the-price-of-everything-the-value-of-nothing and widely quoted online though often as “A cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”]
“There’s an expression in chess: ‘Play the board, not the man.’ That’s not quite right. You want the bulk of your moves to be objective and analytical. But being good at chess also requires being good at reading people.”
Bruce Pandolfini in National Post April 24, 1999