“The worse your logic, the more interesting the results you obtain from it.” – Lord Russell
“Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.” – Laurence J. Peter
“You can’t be very good at philosophy if you’re very bad at logic” – Peter Kreeft
Category Archives: Commonplaces
#13 – On Education
“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Study yourselves to death, then pray yourselves to life.” – Chris Schlect
“One learns by teaching.” – Seneca
#12 – Using Few Words
“A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.” – Samuel Johnson
“The three secrets of success in public speaking are: Be sincere, be brief, be seated.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Learn to hold thy tongue; five words cost Zacharias forty weeks of silence.” – Thomas Fuller
#11 – On not being too tight-shoed
“Sacred cows make the best hamburger.” – Mark Twain
“Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.” – Winston Churchill
“In theory there ain’t no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” – Yogi Berra
#10 – Issues with Emotions
“Control your emotions, or they will control you.”
“Pride is to the character as the attic is to the house: the highest point, and generally the most empty.” – Michael K. Williams
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.” – Ambrose Bierce
#9 – Wit & Wisdom
“Wit is a sword. It is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it” – G. K. Chesterton
“Wisdom is his guide, eloquence his attendant” – Augustine
“Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something” – Plato
#8 – On Christian Thought
“It is only Christians that guard even pagan things” – G. K. Chesterton
“I believe in Christianity as I believe in the risen sun; not because I see it, but by it I can see all else” – C. S. Lewis
“Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.” – G. K. Chesterton
#7 – On Education
“Knowledge is not what you can remember, but what you cannot forget.” – Kin Hubbard
“Education is what you have left after you’ve forgotten everything that you learned.” – Anon
“How we learn is what we learn.” – Bonnie Friedman
#6 – On Mistakes
“The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.” – E. J. Phelps
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everybody.” – Bill Cosby
“Avoid using mixed metaphors. They kindle a flood of confusion in your readers.” – Richard Lederer
#5 – On Learning Oratory
“All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Appearing effortless takes all the effort in the world.” – Chris Schlect
“By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.” – Ben Franklin