“The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.”
Francis Bacon
Tag: Quote of the Day
15SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
“Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”
Francis Bacon
Seems a little trite but for some reason I decided to use it.
14SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
“Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted… but to weigh and consider.”
Francis Bacon
13SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the most bitter.”
Confucius
12SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”
Confucius
10SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
“There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.”
Confucius
09SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
I’m still trying to figure out what this means, but it sounds interesting.
“A person I knew used to divide human beings into three categories: those who prefer to have nothing to hide rather than being obliged to lie, those who prefer lying to having nothing to hide, and finally those who like both lying and the hidden.”
Albert Camus
08SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
“When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
Albert Camus
07SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
“Always there comes an hour when one is weary of one’s work and devotion to duty, and all one craves for is a loved face, the warmth and wonder of a loving heart.”
Albert Camus
06SEP2018 – Quote of the Day
“If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art.”
Albert Camus