Aphorisms
Brief Bursts of Truth
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1) Only the worthy merit abuse. 2) Doubt climbs aboard every thoughtful trek to truth, While faith finds solace in Scripture's prideful proof. 3) The higher you go, the lower you reach. 4) Adversity shared brings a prosperity of friends. 5) Reply to Edmund Burke: When good men do nothing, they are following the example of God. 6) God and guns are the dubious saviors of an immature race where God protects us from the horror of death, and guns protects us from each other. 7) Atheists and theists are bedfellows for they both presume to know. 8) In war, fathers outlive their sons and vice outlives virtue. 9) Armed conflict is said to keep us safe Enemies are at the door, Phantoms that those in power Use to encourage war.
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Only the worthy merit abuse.
The higher you go, the lower you reach.
Atheists and theists are bedfellows, for they both presume to know.
An aphorism is a brief expression of a truth or sentiment, and while volumes have been written on life and death, love and loss, pain and pleasure, and right and wrong, sometimes it is a simple aphorism that can best capture the truth and express a point of view, enriching the old and bringing something of the new.
In Aphorisms: Brief Bursts of Truth, author Donald Patrick Redheffer takes his love of philosophy and poetry and probes the human condition in pursuit of truth wherever it lies. With over four thousand succinct, concise bursts of truth—categorized by topic from absolutes, adversity, anticipation, and authority to walking, weather, why, and wisdom—each aphorism provides a truth that is brief and to the point, never allowing belief or desire to change the focus.
Explore within these simple marriages of thought and language a provocative, sometimes profound, and always incomplete reflection of truth—for fiction surrounds truth, whereas aphorisms capture its essence.
My writings come from a place
Enriched by heart and mind,
Where one stares into empty space
For hours at a time,
Pursuing the sublime.
About the Author
DONALD PATRICK REDHEFFER graduated from DePaul University, and he is a retired teacher of mathematics. The author of four previous books and an accomplished nature photographer, he spent his formative years in Park Ridge, Illinois, and now resides in Chicago with his wife, Joselita Redheffer.