The following list is a collection of all the quotes I personally found useful and meaningful in my life. I will over time – as I have done and am doing with other books – add commentary relevant to each quote so that I can better process my thoughts on the matter. In doing that,…
Thought by Allan Quatermain in King Solomon’s Mines by Henry Rider Haggard At last, one beautiful evening in January, which is our hottest month, we steamed past the coast of Natal, expecting to make Durban Point by sunset. It is a lovely coast all along from East London, with its red sandhills and wide sweeps…
Notice: This blog post is taken from some earlier writings (2010) prior to this blogs existence and may have a slightly different format than is typical on this blog. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.…
Pg 277 – They Thought They Were Free Freedom is nothing but the habit of choice. Now choice is remarkably wide in this life. Each day begins with the choice of tying one’s left or right shoelace first, and ends with the choice of observing or ignoring the providence of God. Pressure narrows choice forcibly.…
Pg 277 – They Thought They Were Free Freedom is nothing but the habit of choice. Habit – Noun: A settled or regular tendency or practice, esp. one that is hard to give up. Is freedom a “regular practice” and one that is “hard to give up”? Boy, that is an excellent question. Not something…
The Economical Engineer 