“Proposition: ‘There is nothing in the universe which does not, directly or indirectly, interact with all other things in the universe’ “

Grandad's quote of the week

It is by your deeds and not your thoughts that you shall be judged

Grandad's quote of the week

'The veracity of any belief is inversely proportional to the degree of violence people are willing to inflict on others to support that belief’

Grandad's quote of the week

‘Experience is a very good school, but the fees are too high’
- Jim Beardsmore

I think that this saying has within it volumes of wisdom. It is very sophisticated indeed, even though it is apparently so simple.

The whole success of the human race versus other creatures on earth is related to our ability to learn from the knowledge and experiences of others. Learning just from your own experience can be like accepting data as valid although it has come from a statistical sample of one.

A related saying is my own; ‘Do not allow yourself to learn too much from your own experiences, they may be giving you very misleading information’, this is the reciprocal of the same idea.

Grandad's quote of the week

“Imagine that what you are doing is, next week, to be published on the front page of newspapers, If you do not want this to happen then don’t do it!"

Grandad's quote of the week

"Never depend on a man for your living"

Grandad's quote of the week

"True love should not be looked upon as merely an emotional sensation in the mind. Real true love is found in behaviour, in actions and faithfulness. It is discovered as time goes by.
It is not what you think it is what you do."

Grandad's quote of the week

"Beware of achieving that which wish, ask yourself if your desires are worthwhile, honourable and suited to your real abilities and nature."

Grandad's quote of the week

"If you are all happy, then I am happy. And if I am happy then everybody is happy!"

Grandad's quote of the week

"Ignorance is no bar to self importance"
- BBC Northanger Abbey (not in the original book)

Grandad's advice for being dumped

When I was a GP and a lady came to see me, red eyed and weeping, worn out with worry, loss of self confidence and a sense of rejection after her husband had departed leaving her with the kids; one of the pieces of advice I would give would be, "Buy yourself a new dress, go to the hairdresser and get a new style and go and see you beautician." It was amazing how quickly they would see that this was a good plan and would return in a week or two more confident, more positive and looking smart.

My next bit of advice would be; look for a better quality chap next time and don’t hurry, there are at least ten ‘duds’ to every high quality chap! You need time to find out if they are any good or not.

Grandad's quote of the week

"Strong views, weakly held"
-Evelyn Waugh

Grandad's quote of the week

"You don’t get to choose who you love"

Grandad's quote of the week

"You have to pay the price for who you are"
-EM Forster

Grandad's quote of the week

"If you don’t know what you want, you’ll get what you don’t want"