Fabianisms

The Maxims of Father A.C. Fabian, O.P.

Father A.C. Fabian, O.P

Professor of Philosophy

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

 

It is a good thing for an educated man to read books of quotations. 

- Winston Churchill, 1874-1965 

 

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· A place for everything and everything in a proper place.

· So get tough with yourself and you’ll be far better off.

· Language is marvelous—it gets us into trouble too.

· What is freely asserted can be freely denied!

· It’s one thing to play God, another thing to be God.

· You should be able to come out with that stuff like I can.

· Certainly true or probably true?  Prove it!

· Good, better, best, never let it rest until the good becomes better and the better becomes best.  Why?  Because the human heart and the human mind were made for the best and will never truly be at rest until they get the best.  So hitch your wagon to a star and aim high! 

· Eye has not seen and ear has not heard what God has ready for those who love him.

· You bet your life on it?  Hmmm?  Bang, your dead.

· There was a void in my life today.  The light bulb in my head didn't go off by your name so I am going to start charging you for electricity.

· The eyes are the window to the soul.

· Always have an open mind, but an open mind can be an empty mind without the proper filter.

· The jet plane of life has taken off and you missed it; now you’re stuck.

· I don’t want to know what it is not!  I want to know what it is!

· And now what is the essence of life!?

· You take a stick towards it...if it comes at you, it’s still alive.

· ‘A circle is something that is round.’ Great guns!

· You have to live with ambiguity.

· Time and tide wait for no man.

· If you have a head on your shoulders and you use it, you can be your own psychiatrist.

· What’s gonna happen?  You’ll be confused and abused!

· Computers won’t give you a break—they’ll break you off!

· When will we ever figure ourselves out?

· Aristotelian...Boolean...Where was I?  These trifocals make it hard to see!

· I need nice circles, not goose eggs.

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