Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals. . . must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther., Isaac Watts,
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth., Jean Cocteau, French dramatist, director, poet (1889 1963)
GotLink.plMuch learning does not teach understanding., Heraclitus, On the Universe, Greek philosopher (540 BC 480 BC)
A great preservative against angry and mutinous thoughts, and all impatience and quarreling, is to have some great business and interest in your mind, which, like a sponge shall suck up your attention and keep you from brooding over what displeases you., Joseph Rickaby,
We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be., William James, US Pragmatist philosopher psychologist (1842 1910)
The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it., George Bernard Shaw, St. Joan, Irish dramatist socialist (1856 1950)