“Character is much easier kept than recovered.” — Thomas Paine Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth discussion with Dr. Hurd on topics … Continue reading
Category: Quotations
Madness is Not All Bad (L.M. Montgomery)
“I’m always a little mad in spring. But it’s such a divine madness.” L.M. Montgomery “Anne of Ingleside” Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage … Continue reading
Self-Control Required for Freedom (Pythagoras)
“No man is free who cannot control himself.” — Pythagoras Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth discussion with Dr. Hurd on topics … Continue reading
George Orwell Got it Exactly Right
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every statue, street, and building renamed, every date altered. And the process continues day by day … Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” … Continue reading
Always, Actually (H.L. Mencken)
“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it.” H.L. Mencken Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and … Continue reading
Negativity is a Killer
Thoughts are things. Negativity is what kills you… It’s tough to do, but you’ve got to work at living, you know? Most people work at dying, but anybody can die; the easiest thing on this earth is to die. But … Continue reading
You Are the Sum Total of Your Choices (Jung)
“I am not what happened to me. I am what I choose to become.” — Carl Jung Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in … Continue reading
Timeless Advice (Aristotle)
“Be a free thinker and don’t accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.” — Aristotle Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles … Continue reading
Why It’s Wrong to AIM for Success (Frankl)
“Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the … Continue reading
Words of Wisdom from a Real President
In his farewell address, President George Washington cautioned, “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will … Continue reading
Trust: No Shortcuts!
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” — Ernest Hemingway Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage … Continue reading
Innovation Always Wins, in the End (Ayn Rand)
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals differed, but they all had this in common: that the step was first, the road new, the vision … Continue reading