Obiter Dicta

The following words, albeit borrowed, capture the core values that shape my approach to work and to life.

“Difficilis facilis, iucundus acerbus es idem: nec tecum possum vivere, nec sine te.” - Martialis

“The man who can hold forth on every matter under debate in two contradictory ways of pleading, or can argue for and against every proposition that can be laid down – such a man is the true, the complete, and the only orator.” - Cicero

“Eclectic liberals usually are able to see merit in the different arguments on all sides of a debate..” - D Golding in ‘Social Theories of Risk’

“I must study politics and war, that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy, natural history and naval architecture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, tapestry, and porcelain.” - John Adams

“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.” - Robert Frost

“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem – neat, plausible, and wrong.” - HL Mencken

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” – Arthur Schopenhauer

“Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.” – Aristotle

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” – Horace Walpole

“In nature, there are no rewards or punishments; there are consequences.” - Robert Ingersoll

“Planning is everything. Plans are nothing.” - Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke

“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.” - Desiderius Erasmus