One of the best pieces of advice I received as a young man was from a minister who said to me, "Every young man should read a chapter of Proverbs in the Bible every day." I did this for many years and learned many truths as a result. I still
appreciate proverbs both in and outside of the Bible.
A proverb is a proverbial saying, or as Webster defines it, "A short popular saying that expresses an obvious truth." We call them one-liners today.
One of my hobbies is to collect proverbial one-liners. The following are some which convey valuable nuggets of truth.
Winston Churchill: "The farther backwards you can look the farther forward you are likely to see."
Arnold Toynbee: "An autopsy of history is that all great nations commit suicide."
Henry David Thoreau: "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which
he hears, however measured or far away."
Larry McMurty: "It is impossible to impress a people with truths that they aren't ready to hear, much less accept."
Isaac Newton: "What we know is a drop. What we don't know is an ocean."
Richard Lamm: "Our moral compass gyrates wildly."
Rabbi Mervin Romsky: "He is a failure as a human being, no matter what his other achievements, whose heart does not hurt for his fellow man.
And he is a successful human being, no matter where else he may be lacking, who is rich in compassion."
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