Quote of the Day: 15 October 2024 #QotD

“If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, they usually admit it—often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect.” -Hercule Poirot, Murder on the Orient Express

[Except politicians. You know they're lying, but confronting them will not produce any kind of reaction. They are impervious to shame.]

Quote of the Day: 14 October 2024

“He has won a little battle and a man who can win little battles is well set up to win big ones.” Havelock Vetinari, Snuff
[Particularly if he realizes he has done so. Little victories build to bigger ones.]

Quote of the Day: 13 October 2024 #QotD

“[H]ope is a living gift, a gift that grows as we increase our faith in Jesus Christ.” -Neil L. Andersen

Quote of the Day: 12 October 2024 #QotD

“It is always at least worth while to find out who it is that is wrong.” -C. S. Lewis
[Especially if it turns out that everyone is. Then, it behooves you to figure out what the truth is.]

Quote of the Day: 11 October 2024 #QotD

“[F]ear is as dangerous an enemy as resentment.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
[This is applicable to your own fear, as well as to fear of you.]

Quote of the Day: 10 October 2024

“[S]ociety is much more easily soothed than one’s own conscience[.]” -Han Pritcher (thought), Foundation and Empire
[Perhaps. I am unsure of this, having been an introvert for as long as I can recall.]

Quote of the Day: 9 October 2024 #QotD

“Valid prosecutorial discretion takes many forms, but when we allow for the chronic violation of law, we erode the foundation of our cities and civilization—and respect for the rule of law evaporates.” -Cully Stimson
[This way lies madness. We are witnessing the degradation of civilization right before our eyes.]