Random Quotations
"An excellent plumber is infinitely more admirable than an incompetent philosopher. The society that scorns excellence in plumbing because it is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water."
John Gardner, Excellence, 1961
"The happy and efficient people in this world are those who accept trouble as a normal detail of human life and resolve to capitalize on it when it comes along."
H. Bertram Lewis
"The value of life lies, not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them: a man may live long, yet live very little. Satisfaction in life depends not on the number of your years, but on your will."
Michel Eyquem Seigneur de Montaigne