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
"What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this."
Epictetus
"Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight."
Josh Billings