. . . the more highly I can think of you. And the more highly I think of myself, the less I know of myself.
Category: Aphorisms and Observations
Ars vivendi longa, sed vita brevis
Life is too short to master the art of life. That is surely the case for most. A few old souls are exceptions to the rule.
Self-Deprecation
A modicum of self-deprecation, judiciously deployed, will enhance your relations with others. Too much will earn contempt, and the opposite hostility.
Progress in Philosophy
I am making progress in philosophy, which is not to say that philosophy is making progress in me.
Earning and Living
The trick is to earn a living without living to earn.
Your Vehicle
Keep it roadworthy. But it's only a vehicle. And life's only a road.
And don't forget to take it easy. We're going to the end of the line.
Reason
Reason calls itself into question but often won't allow a challenge from anything other than reason. But if reason, despite its weakness, has the power to limit its reach and curb its pretensions, then it is strange indeed that it should not allow this power to other sources of insight such as faith, mystical intuition, and conscience.
Writing and Reading
He who writes may or may not be read, but he who only reads will never be read.
A Meta-Aphorism
An aphorism that comments on itself is no aphorism, which fact does not rule out commentary on aphorisms.
Accept No Ersatz Soteriology!
The eschaton will not be immanentized.
The Good Teacher
On a given topic, the good teacher at the university level does not teach the student what to think about the topic, but what to think about when thinking about the topic.
Human Relationships
The good ones require differences, but the differences must be complementary, not contradictory, like the halves of a natural whole that make up the whole, complementing but not contradicting each other.
Truth and Power
'Speaking truth to power' is a phrase leftists love when they are out of power; in power, they exercise it, and truth be damned. They imbibed mendacity with their mothers' milk.
Extreme to Extremists
Moderate views are extreme to extremists. Our moderate views must appear as extreme to the hard-leftists who have hijacked the once respectable Democrat Party, so-called by us because it can no longer be referred to truthfully as democratic.
Love of Neighbor
Love of neighbor is made easier by wise choice of neighborhood.