Quote of the Day: 23 February 2026 #QotD

“Just the getting of money—that is really the be all and end all for most rich men. Plough it back into bigger enterprises, make more money still. But why? Do they ever stop to ask themselves why? They don’t know.” -Mr. Venables, The Pale Horse
[When you've lost track of the true meaning of life, and you view money as a method of keeping score between people it's easy to see how the accumulation of wealth can become the object of your existence. It's not mine, but I do try to increase my personal wealth with the aim to improving my life and having the ability to leave a legacy for my posterity. But I could be just as happy not to accumulate as much.]

Quote of the Day: 22 February 2026 #QotD

“When I kneel in prayer, I think on how I can give God my will.” -Jeremy R. Jaggi

Quote of the Day: 21 February 2026 #QotD

“[T]here is no foretelling what may come to seem, or even to be, ‘useful’, and ‘necessity’ was always ‘the tyrant’s plea.’” -C. S. Lewis
[Expediency will always be something those in charge of implementing policy want to achieve. Rarely will it be a good idea to let them have it.]

Quote of the Day: 20 February 2026 #QotD

“At Hampton I not only learned that it was not a disgrace to labour, but learned to love labour, not alone for its financial value, but for labour’s own sake and for the independence and self-reliance which the ability to do something which the world wants done brings.” -Booker T. Washington
[A man who knows how to work, and is willing to do so, will generally find something that he can do to contribute to society. There's good in that. You can walk with your head held high knowing you aren't a drain on the people around you.]

Quote of the Day: 19 February 2026 #QotD

“Everything fails by irrelevant standards.” -Thomas Sowell
[It is important to use the right measures as you seek to quantify things. If you end up measuring your ability to run fast when what you care about is your ability to think you'll get some very odd ideas about your abilities.]

Quote of the Day: 18 February 2026 #QotD

“They can dress me however they want; no matter what clothes I wear I’ll still be Sancho Panza.” -Sancho Panza, Don Quixote
[The clothes don't exactly make the man. They can reflect the man, or not, but the man in them is still whoever he is regardless.]

Quote of the Day: 17 February 2026 #QotD

“Apparently, you can’t patent assault.” -Rat, Pearls Before Swine
[More's the pity. Though, if you could it probably would have been by now.]