Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Quote of the Day: 23 July 2025 #QotD

“Men who rule by tricks of the mind need not necessarily be men in obvious power.” -Bail Channis, _Second Foundation_
“Men who rule by tricks of the mind need not necessarily be men in obvious power.” -Bail Channis, Second Foundation
[Though, we can usually figure out who they are.]

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Quote of the Day: 22 July 2025 #QotD

“My life needs a rewind/erase button.” -Calvin, _Calvin and Hobbes_
“My life needs a rewind/erase button.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[Don't we all feel this way at times? I know I've had a few things I'd have liked to do over at the time. Thing is, my life wouldn't be what it is now had I been able to. And I kind of like my life as it is.]

Monday, July 21, 2025

Quote of the Day: 21 July 2025 #QotD

“Progress is what matters. Not perfection.” -Cal Newport
“Progress is what matters. Not perfection.” -Cal Newport
[IF you happen to get perfection, great. I don't get it often. But, I'll work toward it and accept the progress I make along the way.]

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Quote of the Day: 20 July 2025 #QotD

“True worship means loving God and yielding our will to Him—the most precious gift we can offer.” -D. Todd Christofferson
“True worship means loving God and yielding our will to Him—the most precious gift we can offer.” -D. Todd Christofferson

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Quote of the Day: 19 July 2025 #QotD

“Take it from a guy who is all too capable with a lie: _nothing_ is easier to sell someone than the story they want to hear.” -Hoid, _Wind and Truth_
“Take it from a guy who is all too capable with a lie: nothing is easier to sell someone than the story they want to hear.” -Hoid, Wind and Truth
[It's hard to be willing to check things that you really want to be true. Those are the ones that need to be checked, though. Otherwise, you're just falling to confirmation bias.]

Friday, July 18, 2025

Quote of the Day: 18 July 2025 #QotD

“Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.” -Chade, _Assassin’s Apprentice_
“Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.” -Chade, Assassin’s Apprentice
[We always have the freedom to choose how we respond to our situations. Doesn't mean we always like the options available to us, but we do get to choose.]

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Quote of the Day: 17 July 2025 #QotD

“We won't be killed by AI. “We'll be killed by relying on AI to think for us.” -Robb Allen

“We won't be killed by AI.

“We'll be killed by relying on AI to think for us.” -Robb Allen

[Or anything else for that matter. When we stop relying on ourselves to think, we sink to the level of being a subject of whomever we have outsourced our thinking to. What a dreadful way to live.]