Author: Jeffrey Skevington

“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.” – Karl Popper

“All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” – Blaise Pascal

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.” – Sir Isaac Newton

“If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.” – Soren Kierkegard

“True humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.” – C.S. Lewis

“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.” – John Locke

“An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.” – Albert Camus

“Dress like you are going to meet your worst enemy today.” – Coco Chanel

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke

We don’t rise to the level of our expectations. We fail to the level of our training.” – Archilochus