Beyond Idle Chatter

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Overlooking Wrongs

If you do not wish to become angry, do not be curious. If you ask what is being said about yourself and uncover unpleasant words (even though these words ...

Lessons from Life

Perhaps God had chosen me in my time to detail what I learned from all the madness about.

I learned that often the false is made to look appealing.

I learned ...

Graveyard Talk

Know when to keep quiet. When we decide something is private, we'll say it's "graveyard talk." That means it's between you and me and the tombstone, honey. ...

Pay Attention to the Designer

I bought a video camera about a year ago. I'd used it for about ten minutes, then recharged it. I later learned that you should not recharge the battery ...

Vision, or Just an Idea?

You don't have vision just because you have an idea. If you don't have risk, you probably just have an idea.

Now That's Awesome!

The actual scanning of stars for signs of intelligence is a relatively unimaginative exercise that does much less to promote knowledge of our universe. ...

Wise Questioning

It is astonishing that any man can forebear enquiring seriously whether there is a just God; whether God is just; whether this life is the only state ...

Wisdom from Yogi Berra

Yogi Berra, former New York Yankees baseball player, demonstrated the linguistic gymnastics that earned him eight entries in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ...

Knowledge Isn't That Bad

Scripture nowhere condemns the acquisition of knowledge. It is the wisdom of this world, not its knowledge, that is foolishness with God.