Category Archives: Quote of the Day

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“The worst power of an evil mood is this – it makes the bastard self seem in the right” – George MacDonald

A doubleheader today, both from the always excellent Positivity Blog “The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.” – Ram Dass. Pain is unavoidable in life. Suffering is however optional. – Henrik Edberg

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. – Albert Einstein

“Cowardice … is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.” – Ernest Hemingway

The losing of things is of the mercy of God; it comes to teach us to let them go. –George MacDonald

 . . . Cyberspace, where judgment andcondemnation flow like wine. – Mark Shea Powered by ScribeFire.

“Keep us, Lord, from the love that deceives and from the candor that wounds.” – Albert C. Outler Powered by ScribeFire.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Generally, I get the QOTD from something I’m reading or something I hear whilst living my exciting daily life. Today I’m lowering my standards, and swiping it from my Google homepage, because it’s just too good not to. … Continue reading →

“Fat is this year’s thin” – John Lydon

“The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to … Continue reading →

Regardless of the merits, or lack thereof, of the particular circumstances that lead to a deployment of those who serve, acceptance of that burden deserves respect beforehand, and honor afterwards. – Mead Hedglon Powered by ScribeFire.

The critic sees holes where there are but spaces in a most intricate lacework. – Anthony Esolen, Ironies of Faith Powered by ScribeFire.

. . . [t]hings are getting better all the time and the march toward greater freedom and prosperity is almost inevitable.  The key word there is “almost”. The way I see things, as long as Smithian gains from trade and … Continue reading →

This might even be a repeat, I can’t remember and I’m to lazy to go back and check. But I like it so much, I’m willing to risk repetitiveness: “Giving power and money to politicians is like giving whiskey and … Continue reading →

“I’ve come to realize that just about everything is none of my business” – Bro. Cassian Vigna

“A time is coming when people will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, ‘You are mad, you are not like us.’”  – St. Anthony the Great

caritas operit multitudinem peccatorum – St. Peter

From Cacciaguida’s review of “Breach“: The world is not in fact divided between the pure and the impure (or take any other matched set of a virtue and its corresponding vice): it’s made up of impure people who acknowledge the … Continue reading →