Quote of the Day: 23 June 2025 #QotD

“Indeed, thoughtless reliance on technology is a liability, not an asset.” -Jim Collins
[This is especially true as we enter an age of LLM use and reliance on what it produces rather than applying critical thinking to evaluate the potential truth of things.]

Quote of the Day: 22 June 2025 #QotD

“Our preparation to meet Jesus Christ accelerates when we stop asking what God will permit and start asking what God would prefer.” -Steven D. Shumway

Quote of the Day: 21 June 2025 #QotD

“Okay, maybe I’d been a little ratty, but there’s something about rotting corpses leaping at my face that puts me a bit on edge.” -Lucy Carlyle, The Whispering Skull
[I know it'd have a similar effect upon me. I also know I'm a bit jumpy about certain things. And death and decay are up there on my list.]

Quote of the Day: 20 June 2025 #QotD

“Speech, originally, was the device whereby Man learned, imperfectly, to transmit the thoughts and emotions of his mind.” -Isaac Asimov
[A very imperfect form of telepathy. Transmission is incredibly lossy and prone to errors via speech, but transmission does happen. We could certainly do worse.]

Quote of the Day: 19 June 2025 #QotD

“They can make me do it, but they can’t make me do it with dignity.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[I mean, he ain't wrong. And I often feel that way.]

Quote of the Day: 18 June 2025 #QotD

“The goal isn’t to give your kids an easy life. It’s to give them the tools to build a great one.” -Dave Ramsey
[I hope I can do this for my children. I work hard at providing them with an excellent education, and I hope they are willing to receive it.]

Quote of the Day: 17 June 2025 #QotD

“I have that effect on people. Stay around too long, and you’ll inevitably envy those who have never met me.” -Hoid, Tress of the Emerald Sea
[I often wonder is this is what people think about me. I guess I can only hope that it isn't.]

Quote of the Day: 16 June 2025 #QotD

“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one[.]” -Lord Henry Wotton, The Picture of Dorian Gray
[Don't give up a friendship in anger. Laugh at them leaving instead.]

Bonus Quote of the Day: 15 June 2025 #QotD

“Dads will give you a hard truth.

We all need hard truths sometimes.” -Tyler Todt

[Happy Father's Day!

I hope your own father was a man worthy of respect and honor, but if not, there is a man in your life who filled that role. Give that person an acknowledgement of your appreciation today. He'll remember it as long as he lives.]

Quote of the Day: 15 June 2025 #QotD

“The Savior knew pretenders would try to deceive the very elect and that many disciples would be duped. We should neither believe those who falsely claim divine sanction nor venture into metaphorical deserts or secret chambers to be taught by counterfeits.” -Dale G. Renlund

Quote of the Day: 14 Junee 2025 #QotD

“Revolutions seldom cure the evil against which they are directed; they always beget a hundred others.” -C. S. Lewis
[Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.]

Quote of the Day: 13 June 2025 #QotD

“To limit yourself to only what you know or think is possible can greatly reduce your creativity.” -Sophia, The Power of TED
[Especially since there is a whole class of things that are possible that you simply don't know are possible yet.]

Quote of the Day: 12 June 2025 #QotD

“People are never more sincere than when they assume their own moral superiority.” -Thomas Sowell
[Of course, no one wants to think they might be wrong. And about moral issues it is even more pronounced.]

Quote of the Day: 11 June 2025 #QotD

“Wrestling with truth, as the story of Jacob warns us, is a time-consuming process that marks us forever.” -Susan Wise Bauer
[The effort is worth the result. At least, it is for those of us that value truth and honor.]

Quote of the Day: 10 June 2025 #QotD

“I love other people.

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

[I think so, too. Sometimes. There are people I do love, though.]

Quote of the Day: 9 June 2025 #QotD

“We knew quite well that nothing is necessary to the country except that the men should be men and the women women.” -G. K. Chesterton
[Something we used to all know, and now there are a contingent who are very confused about this.]

Quote of the Day: 8 June 2025 #QotD

“Life is a most precious part of our Father’s perfect plan, and by His decree we cherish and preserve life; and we choose the continuation of life once conceived. We also treasure the gift of choice, of moral agency—helping to strengthen righteous choices approved by God that bring eternal happiness.” -Neil L. Andersen

Quote of the Day: 7 June 2025 #QotD

“You can’t go around making people’s choices for them. Not if you love them.” -Harry Dresden, Peace Talks
[It's hard to respect them that way sometimes, though. I love them and I want the best for them, and if they'd just choose to do things the way that I see them I think they could be so much happier in the long run. It doesn't actually work that way though.]

Quote of the Day: 6 June 2025 #QotD

“I have lived through too many winters in the mountains, seen too many men willing to fight to the death over a spilled cup of wine, to think dying for a cause makes that cause just.” -Helen, Queen of Eddis, Return of the Thief
[There are, however, causes that are worth dying for. But to mistake a cause someone has died for as one that is worthy of dying for is to mistake the effect for the cause.] 

Quote of the Day: 5 June 2025 #QotD

“On most civilized worlds science was a process involving observable data and testable hypotheses, not a religion based on feeling superior toward anyone with differing political beliefs.” -Tom Stranger (thought), A Murder of Manatees
[Imagine that. A process of discerning truth and not a religion? How could such a thing be?]

Quote of the Day: 4 June 2025 #QotD

“Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” -Kingsley Shacklebolt, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
[Some may interpret this as a political statement, but, in actuality, it is a moral statement.]

Quote of the Day: 3 June 2025 #QotD

“Control the communications of a country and you control the country.” -Andrew Nivens, The Puppet Masters
[If people are only allowed certain information and can only transmit information that is approved then those people will not be able to formulate certain thoughts.]

Quote of the Day: 2 June 2025 #QotD

“It was a magic word, trust. It meant that you had an obligation to the people who gave it to you. It meant that they believed what you said about yourself, and that you had to prove that it was real, not merely to them, but to yourself as well.”-George Winston (thought), Debt of Honor
[Just remember that it can be destroyed in a moment. A hugely important, and yet terribly fragile concept.]

Quote of the Day: 1 June 2025 #QotD

“We will, on the Day of Judgment, stand before the Savior, face to face. It will be a time of great joy for those, in this life, who have drawn close to Him in His service and can eagerly anticipate to hear His words: ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant.’” -Henry B. Eyring

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.]