Quote of the Day: 12 August 2026 #QotD

“It's an insidious form of pride.

Of specks and planks and double standards.

My hobbies and my interests? Well of course, they are good and worthy and important and wise.

But others? Well of course that is wasteful or indulgent or a bit silly, don't you know?” -John Moody

[For something to be an insidious form of pride it must be an especially insidious thing. Pride is insidious by its nature, and to compound that makes it doubly insidious. It's another thing to be on guard against.]

Quote of the Day: 11 August 2026 #QotD

“An extraordinary life is made up of ordinary days. Of a summer breeze, and small hands, of cold cheeks you kiss in the autumn afternoons, of a steady hand that holds yours, of the wonderful miracle that is having everyone you love, all with you under the same roof.” -@tanyaelisabethh
[It is so hard to remember in the moment, though. And not all the moments are entirely pleasant. The pup is being particularly surly as I type this, thinking he is so put upon to have to accept his mother's and my decisions about certain things. But there are other moments that make up for (and more) all of that.]

Quote of the Day: 10 August 2026 #QotD

“[T]he past has never cared about regrets.” -Mark Lawrence
[The past is done and gone. It doesn't care what you think of it now. You, on the other hand, care a great deal.]

Quote of the Day: 9 August 2026 #QotD

“My brothers and sisters, as followers of Christ, let us follow Him by forgoing contention and by using the language and methods of peacemakers. In our families and other personal relationships, let us avoid what is harsh and hateful.” -Dallin H. Oaks

Quote of the Day: 8 August 2026 #QotD

“Never hesitate when someone asks if you’re a crazed lunatic.” -Rat, Pearls Before Swine
[Either answer with an immediate and emphatic 'no' or ignore them entirely. There can be no middle ground.]

Quote of the Day: 7 August 2026 #QotD

“To enter a truly natural world was exotic, beyond the experience of most mankind, who lived from birth to death in entirely man-made circumstances.” -Michael Crichton
[It is good to have some connection to the natural world. Better to understand the tenuous position civilization stands in. We are on a knife's edge, and a push to either side would send us to unbearable to us conditions we barely recognize.]

Quote of the Day: 6 August 2026 #QotD

“[E]very nation has the right — and the duty — to protect its own people first.” -@japan_nobunaga
[Yes. Though some are derelict in their duty. Rather than look after the interests of the people, they seek out those things that placate their feelings and nagging doubts.]