Quote of the Day: 31 May 2025 #QotD

“When a decision matters, we have to stare at the truth unflinchingly. Only then can we find peace in our choices.” -Ferrin, Chasing the Prophecy
[Truth matters. And we need to be willing to speak the truth regardless of the situation in which we find ourselves.]

Quote of the Day: 30 May 2025 #QotD

“I like to see an angry Englishman. They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language.” -Hercule Poirot, Murder on the Orient Express
[I think this happens to more than Englishmen, but what can you expect from a Belgian?]

Quote of the Day: 29 May 2025 #QotD

“The planet has survived everything, in its time. It will certainly survive us.” -Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park
[We may or may not survive what we do to it, but it would be infeasible for us to do something that would actually destroy the planet.]

Quote of the Day: 28 May 2025 #QotD

“None of us really know what we’re here for or what we’re supposed to be doing. So, we shout out, hoping someone will hear, hoping someone will see us and reveal the great secret.” -Master Yute, The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
[A feeling about as universal as there ever was. So, reach out in kindness to the people around you, and extend them some grace. You'll feel the benefit even if you don't have the sentiment returned.]

Quote of the Day: 27 May 2025 #QotD

“The real courage is seeing the truth and speaking the truth to each other.” -Dave Cooper as quoted by Daniel Coyle
[The truth doesn't matter if we aren't willing to speak it. Unless the truth comes out in the open, the lies will remain to those who know no better.]

Quote of the Day: 26 May 2025 #QotD

“Bruises heal more quickly than emotional scars do.” -Avi Rozen, The Anatomy of Peace
[It's somewhat implied by calling them scars, but I can't find fault with the statement.]

Quote of the Day: 25 May 2025 #QotD

“As we focus our lives on Jesus Christ, we will find our way home, enduring to the end and rejoicing to the end.” -Sergio R. Vargas

Quote of the Day: 24 May 2025 #QotD

“We need to remember.” -Tiffany Aching, The Shepherd’s Crown
[Absolutely. There are very few things I will commit to as strongly as our need to remember, both as individuals and as a society. Without a memory we are left bereft of any guiding influence.]

Quote of the Day: 23 May 2025 #QotD

“[I]t is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life.” -Jim Collins
[It might not even be possible to have a good life without making it meaningful, at least to yourself.]

Quote of the Day: 22 May 2025 #QotD

“I prefer my misery to come at me in stages, so I can acclimatize on the way.” -George Cubbins, The Empty Grave
[Ah, the ol' rip the bandage off or boil the frog discussion. I can understand either preference. And as long as it is represented as a preference I won't quibble with either one.]

Quote of the Day: 21 May 2025 #QotD

“You must not say ‘never.’ That is a lazy slurring-over of the facts.” -The First Speaker, Second Foundation
[Precision in thought is indicated by precision in language. And impression in language reveals sloppy thinking.]

Quote of the Day: 20 May 2025 #QotD

“I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[I feel this in my bones.]

Quote of the Day: 19 May 2025 #QotD

“You can wander into debt, but you can’t wander out.” -Dave Ramsey
[A bit like a swamp. And gets your life about as complicated, too.]

Quote of the Day: 18 May 2025 #QotD

“The Atonement of Jesus Christ provides the ultimate rescue from the trials we face in this life.” -Quentin L. Cook

Quote of the Day: 17 May 2025 #QotD

“He settled somewhere between smart and stupid, perched on the very peak of the bell curve and assuming that it was the right place to be, as highest has to be best.” -Hoid, Tress of the Emerald Sea
[There are an awful lot of people like that. I've met so many of them.]

Quote of the Day: 16 May 2025 #QotD

“We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.” -Lord Henry Wotton, The Picture of Dorian Gray

[I don't think we're reading as much these days, and I am certain that we, as a society, aren't thinking too much. But I haven't seen an increase in wisdom or in beauty.]

Quote of the Day: 15 May 2025 #QotD

“Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful. That is the important paradox.” -C. S. Lewis
[When there is no sense of what justice demands, then there is no way to apply mercy.]

Quote of the Day: 14 May 2025 #QotD

“It’s important to develop the habit of noticing the choices you are making.” -Sophia, The Power of TED
[Being aware of those choices is the first step to making good choices.]

Quote of the Day: 13 May 2025 #QotD

“The social cohesion that makes civilized life possible has been loosened by the systematic undermining of families and of commonly shared values and a common culture.” -Thomas Sowell
[Social cohesion is important, and we can build it through a shared culture and by making some other changes to increase trust in one another.]

Quote of the Day: 12 May 2025 #QotD

“Uninformed opinions are easy to come by.” -Susan Wise Bauer
[In fact, that's almost all you will encounter.]

Quote of the Day: 11 May 2025 #QotD

“May each of us treasure this truth; one cannot forget mother and remember God. One cannot remember mother and forget God. Why? Because these two sacred persons, God and mother, partners in creation, in love, in sacrifice, in service, are as one.” -Thomas S. Monson
[Happy Mother's Day!]

Quote of the Day: 10 May 2025 #QotD

“I love other people.

“I just don’t like them.” -Rat, Pearls Before Swine

[I feel this way sometimes. It can be grating to be in close proximity to people, even if you love those people.]

Quote of the Day: 9 May 2025 #QotD

“This is the huge modern heresy of altering the human soul to fit its conditions, instead of altering human conditions to fit the human soul.” -G. K. Chesterton
[It seems to me that we really ought to work at changing conditions rather than souls. Souls feel like something only God ought to be mucking with.]

Quote of the Day: 8 May 2025 #QotD

“At the end of the day, people have to be who they are. If you try to take that from them, you diminish them. You reduce them to children, unable to make decisions for themselves.” -Harry Dresden, Peace Talks
[You have to respect other people's agency and autonomy. Otherwise, they are merely objects to you for you to manipulate to your own amusement or purposes.]

Quote of the Day: 7 May 2025 #QotD

“… Rumor, who is born in a moment, is full-grown the next. She begins to move through the town, trailing ever more elaborate finery behind her.” -Pheris Mostrus Erondites, Return of the Thief
[A good idea of how rumors grow, mutate, and propagates. It also provides a vivid description of the same.]

Quote of the Day: 6 May 2025 #QotD

“Just be careful what you wish for, because fate might give it to you good and hard.” -Kutty, Graveyard of Demons
[Oh, it probably will. At least, that has been my experience. For the most part.]

Quote of the Day: 5 May 2025 #QotD

“The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.” -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
[It is always tricky to predict the future. And always wise to couch those predictions in terms of what is currently known, as it is often something that is unknown that causes the prediction to be incorrect.]

Quote of the Day: 4 May 2025 #QotD

“I recognize that in the midst of the good news of the gospel, there are those who struggle, who have faith challenges, doubts, and questions that seem to have no answers. Brothers and sisters, Jesus Christ is the answer.” -Ronald A. Rasband

Quote of the Day: 3 May 2025 #QotD

“The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle, anywhere, any time, and with utter recklessness.” -Elihu Nivens, The Puppet Masters
[To be willing. But also capable. Without the ability, the willingness is useless.]

Quote of the Day: 2 May 2025 #QotD

“Fundamentally, honor was itself a debt, a code of behavior, a promise, something inside yourself that you owed to the others who saw it in you.” -George Winston (thought), Debt of Honor
[This is one way of looking at it. And if it helps you understand the concept, then take it and apply it as you will.]

Quote of the Day: 1 May 2025 #QotD

“I wish I were an evil wizard. They have all the fun.” -Jason Walker, Chasing the Prophecy
[Not sure I'd care to be an evil wizard. But it does seem that magic users get to have most of the fun. That could be because of the manipulation of cosmic powers thing. Yeah, that's probably it.]