Apothecary Quotes

“Books are the mind of the past,” she says. “And yet they’re stepping stones to the future.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Micromanagement is leadership by doubt—and it never ends well.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“if you’re talking, you’re not listening”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Politics is the art of projecting certainty where none exists.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Certainty is the crown of a fool.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Life needs not purpose. Life has its own purpose.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Your world floats on a sea of stars whether you realise it or not.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Those in power fear nothing but change,”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“We need to keep our cool. And we need to keep our distance. Think of this like a polar bear wandering into an arctic camp. Sure”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“there’s no poison so deadly as belief. To have settled on one view alone is folly. Belief is not thinking. It’s blind acceptance. We think of knowledge as something static, but ’tis not so. Knowledge grows over time, while beliefs shrink.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Certainty is the crown of a fool. Knowledge should be the beginning of thought, not the end. Understanding is what’s important, for it alone is the goal of knowledge.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Almost everything that dies rots or is eaten by scavengers, but sometimes, on rare occasions, a dead body will be smothered by mud and silt during a flood. Once buried, over hundreds of thousands of years, the flesh and bone are replaced bit by bit with stone, making a perfect copy of the original. 'Tis marvellous. Splendid. It gives us a glimpse into the past as it was millions of years ago.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Humans had their fingers clustered at the end of their arms. Birds had stunted bones, but the archetype of the wrist and thumb were still visible in their wings, while fingers formed their wingtips.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Life is more than breathing,” she says. “It’s more than waking and eating and working and then sleeping. It’s about change. Being better today than yesterday. It’s about caring. Thinking deeper today than yesterday. It’s about making the world a better, brighter place.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“So why do some boats float while others sink?” “The Greek philosopher Archimedes figured this out well over a thousand years before you were born. He discovered a simple principle: buoyancy. He knew that if a ship weighed less than the same amount of water in the same space, the ocean beneath the ship would try to rush in and push it up, keeping it afloat. As soon as it’s heavier, it sinks.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Sometimes we’ll get shipments of curcumin only it’ll be labelled curry. It looks the same, but it’s not. You have to sniff it to be sure. ’Tis not the label but the contents that determine character.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“good and evil lie with intent, not type,” Anthony says. “A knife can be used to cut lavender or a man’s throat. ’Tis not the knife that’s evil.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“English law is simple. It’s not justice that’s sought, only conformity. Innocent or not, the law is a deterrent to others. Its role is two-fold: to punish and to warn. Mercy serves neither of those goals, so it is seldom found among any but the wealthy.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“a glazed ceramic pot with a knitted cozy, full-cream milk, a freshly opened pack of Gorreana Broken Leaf Black Tea and a handful of golden tea buds added for good measure. Let the whole thing sit for six minutes—not five, not seven—and then sieve the tea only as it is poured into fine china.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“You’re smart and yet ignorant. You know not that ignorance leaves you vulnerable. Ignorance invites lies, for it cannot distinguish between truth and error. Ignorance relies on ego for answers, not accuracy. Ignorance thrives on feelings, not fidelity.

It’s not that everyone needs to know everything, but that ignorance should be acknowledged rather than overlooked and ignored. And when ignorant, we should listen to those that know, not to those that are also ignorant but happen to be the loudest among us.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Because stars shine regardless of my feelings. Because planets form regardless of my convictions. Because life arose on your world regardless of my beliefs. To me, these things—feelings, convictions and beliefs—are not the basis for reality.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Oh, no, for there’s no poison so deadly as belief. To have settled on one view alone is folly. Belief is not thinking. It’s blind acceptance. We think of knowledge as something static, but ’tis not so. Knowledge grows over time, while beliefs shrink.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Master Dunmore says, “It is as Gregor of Wurzburg spoke, Unwissenheit und selbst—I have seen the enemy. They have but two battalions arrayed against us: ignorance and ego.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“It’s not what you read that’s important. It’s what you think about what you’ve read that can change your life. That’s the secret to learning—to reflect on the meaning of all that’s discussed on the page. Books allow you to live beyond the moment. They compress a thousand lifetimes into just one—yours.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“To be smart is to learn more.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“You'll never… walk alone…”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Felix is fascinated by how an obscure attendant working in a sex shop can be catapulted onto the public stage and speak with such authority.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“if the military is needed, something has gone horribly wrong somewhere along the way.”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Fight or flight’ has been reduced to ‘Cower in abject terror!”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary

“Lucy knows stone axes remained largely unchanged for several million years,”
― Peter Cawdron, Apothecary