Words Worth Noting - August 22, 2026
“You would make a good lawyer.”
John Robson
Seeking a return to sanity in public policy.
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Words Worth Noting - August 21, 2026
“Returning to the problem he identified in The Abolition of Man and De Descriptione Temporum, in the great change from one culture to another, Lewis [in The Discarded Image] suggested that something has been lost.
Words Worth Noting - August 20, 2026
“Academics mock introductory ‘History 200’ courses that take students ‘from Plato to NATO’ over the course of an academic year, but the alternative to students you know about Plato and NATO is not students who read Gibbon or von Ranke, and Plato and NATO are things everyone should know about, so there is a case for covering the basics.”
Words Worth Noting - August 19, 2026
“Over the years, I’ve had dealings with many universities around the world.
Words Worth Noting - August 18, 2026
“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
Words Worth Noting - August 17, 2026
“One of the reasons most people don’t do well in life is because success is usually disguised behind hard work.”
Words Worth Noting - August 16, 2026
“‘Such phantoms as the dignity of man, the dignity of labour’: these were Christian through and through.
Words Worth Noting - August 15, 2026
“The first time a lawyer was present when someone spilled lighter fluid all over themselves and then lit a match to inspect the stain, we as a species were doomed.”
Words Worth Noting - August 14, 2026
“If it arises as a problem, your mind will fight it off, because no one really wants or enjoys problems; but if it arises as a solution, a spurious solution, of course, then you will not fight it off because it has a high utility value; it is something you need and you have conjured it up to fill this need.
Words Worth Noting - August 13, 2026
“Our motive may be taken to be the desire to serve our day and generation in the way that seems nearest to our hand.
Words Worth Noting - August 12, 2026
“From everyone at C2C Journal, we hope you have had a very Merry Christmas or Happy Chanukah and are enjoying the holidays.
Words Worth Noting - August 11, 2026
“I fully agree with Leo Tolstoy when he said more or less the following: ‘People say it’s shameful to change one’s convictions.
Words Worth Noting - August 10, 2026
“Remember, the road to success is always under construction.”
Words Worth Noting - August 9, 2026
“We must not suppose that the appearance of the world is the same today as it was before sin.”