The following “Observations” are excerpted from Chapter 1, Uncommon Sense, from my “The Book of Observations.”
There are about 2,000 “Observations” in this book.
Of little value is the greatest melody unheard.
How little we know.
Let reason temper emotion.
Often thinkers see the forest while scholars see only the trees.
Nonconformity costs as does conformity.
Simplicity is ordered complexity.
Those who search for excuses will find them.
As good as it gets is as good as it gets.
No one landscapes like nature.
Everything has limitations.
Taking time saves time.
Don’t expect levity from a punctured balloon.
What needs to happen eventually does.
One cannot be another.
Tomorrow is going to happen.
Thinking about not thinking is still thinking.
Capitalism sees people as markets.
The wise know their insignificance.
The more people, the more complications.
Life costs.
Limits represent our current understanding.
Facts do not travel well.
It’s the norm, not the exception, that’s destroying us.
Life is the root of all evil.
Intelligence is ignorance’s adversary.
There is nothing that is the answer to everything.
The strong have responsibilities to the weak.
The desperate cannot be threatened.
We cannot know each other’s patience.
Reality always wins.
That which is nurtured blossoms.
Ignorance is normal and fatal.
Nobody gives nobody nothing for nothing.
It takes less time to do it right.
Any street can be crossed at many points.
Know when to harvest and when to wait.
The more we hurry, the longer it takes.
Familiarity cannot be expedited.
Load your gun before you pull the trigger.
Nobody always says the right thing.
Skepticism is the gateway to cynicism.
One cannot make something from nothing.
Motives color outcomes.
We are likely recycled.
Our bodies house us.
Build sturdy houses.
We are more than our bodies.
One must experience both banks of the stream to know the river.
Religion should unite, not divide people.
The future has no patience.