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What I Tell My Ethics Students

8 Feb

“It’s the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he’ll look for his own answers.”

~ Patrick Rothfuss

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Warning: Bad Mental Image Now Stuck in Brain

5 Feb

A truly wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn.

Nethack

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Words That Should Never Be True

3 Feb

“Children are dying.” Lull nodded. “That’s a succinct summary of humankind, I’d say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”

**Steven Erikson

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Especially with My Friends

24 Jul

The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.

**Franklin Jones

 

OEITP

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And That Really, Really Sucks!

17 Jul

Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

~ Anonymous

 

OEITP

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