Aphorisms

A non-chronological continuation of “8 Aphorisms.” — 1. Complex terminology. Do not be weary of men who use complex terminology; be weary of men who reject ideas on the basis of complex terminology. …

APHORISMS — The highest poetry is silence. No verse can surpass the perfection of emptiness. *** Always prefer the one who cultivates the land before the one who cultivates the letters. Even the most educated person needs a piece of bread, and it is better to plant in the ground than in the air. *** The ultimate sign of decline is not calling things by their names. This is particularly serious where sin or poetry is concerned.

#1 ethics The confused keep talking about it The malicious don’t care for it The fool doesn’t get it The wise don’t need it While, those who are love are beyond it. #2 politics

Is not a crisis. It is a question and a call to action. Am I doing with my life what I want to be doing with it, and if not, then better get to it.

For all of my professional career I have been building tools for thought when I should have just been thinking and left the tooling to someone else. And the kind of thinking I should have been doing is the storytelling kind.

Now be sure to check out my latest work, ‘Fransis’s Big Book of Effed-up Aphorisms’! It’s been nearly a lot of years in the making, and in fact, I really consider this to be a sort of memoir. …

Short and Sweet — An aphorism is a condensed form of writing in which one can find the theme of a novel, the lesson of an age, or a pithy diversion. No aphorism is complete without context, but one may feel free to bring their own. If you play chess three moves forward, you…