Quote of the Day: 28 February 2022 #QotD

“The truth is far more complicated. Of course it is. It involves humans.” -Sarah Hoyt
[Humanity is a great complication. And truth is rarely simple.]

Quote of the Day: 27 February 2022 #QotD

“We must seek everything that invites the influence of the Spirit and reject anything that deviates from this influence.” -Arnulfo Valenzuela

Quote of the Day: 26 February 2022 #QotD

"How many wars Russia has been involved in! (It would have been better if there had been fewer.) And were there many traitors in all those wars? Had anyone observed that treason had become deeply rooted in the hearts of Russian soldiers? Then, under the most just social system in the world, came the most just war of all — and out of nowhere millions of traitors appeared, from among the simplest, lowliest elements of the population. How is this to be understood and explained?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
[Shared for no reason. No reason at all.]

Quote of the Day: 25 February 2022 #QotD

“X in our alphabet being a needless letter has an added invincibility to the attacks of the spelling reformers, and like them, will doubtless last as long as the language.” -Ambrose Bierce
[Q likewise, but I like it anyway. I'm glad to have it around. It gives our language character. It reveals a history, and lends whimsy. I guess some reform may be worthwhile, such as when Webster reformed American English. But that too, lends character to our language.]

Quote of the Day: 24 February 2022 #QotD

“Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. It can be so, sometimes.” -Gandalf, The Return of the King
[We can hope. Because that's about the only hope I have for our current political situation.]

Quote of the Day: 23 February 2022 #QotD

“Occasionally being offended is the price that one pays for living in a truly free society.” -Gad Saad
[If you aren't willing to be offended on occasion, you aren't fit for a free society.]

Quote of the Day: 22 February 2022 #QotD

“What made me think I wanted life to be interesting? I’d be far too scared.” -Sophie Hatter, Howl’s Moving Castle
[Life in general is a bit too interesting for my tastes, but I don't expect things to settle down any time soon. One can hope though.]

Quote of the Day: 21 February 2022 #QotD

“[P]redicting violence isn’t a matter of looking for the obvious; it’s about looking at the obvious.” -Gavin de Becker
[And after predicting it, you must act. Delaying action is itself a decision to accept the violence.]

Quote of the Day: 20 February 2022 #QotD

“He can heal our eyes and our ears and our legs, but most important of all, He can heal our hearts as He cleanses us from sin and lifts us through difficult trials.” -Brent H. Nielson

Quote of the Day: 19 February 2022 #QotD

“If people seem simple and devoid of feeling, that only means you don’t know them well enough.” -Kate Murphy
[Each person has a rich life of which you may or may not be aware of. You can learn about it, if you get to know them.]

Quote of the Day: 18 February 2022 #QotD

“Some people may think of investment as simply a transaction with money. But, more broadly and more fundamentally, it is the sacrificing of real things today in order to have more real things in the future.” -Thomas Sowell
[Especially true as money is simply a means of exchange, not something with intrinsic value. Even precious metals hold less intrinsic value than the value they trade for because they are used as a means of exchange.]

Quote of the Day: 17 February 2022 #QotD

“At some point, we all have to face our struggles and sorrows.” -Abigail Shrier
[The sooner we do so, the more time we will have without the all-consuming preoccupation with those struggles and sorrows. That will lead to more joy and happiness in the long run.]

Quote of the Day: 16 February 2022 #QotD

“I simply described him in accurate terms. If he finds himself insulted by the truth, it’s hardly my concern.” -Bridget Tagwynn, The Aeronaut’s Windlass
[Adherence to the truth is the best defense and only hope for the future.]

Quote of the Day: 15 February 2022 #QotD

“Usually, she got her own way and he was happy to give it to her, but the unspoken agreement was that when he really insisted, she listened. It’s a married couple thing.” -Terry Pratchett
[This is not a far cry from how things work for me in my marriage. But most of the stuff she 'gets her own way' is of little consequence, and doesn't affect my day to day.] 

Quote of the Day: 14 February 2022 #QotD

“[K]eep your affections within your homes. Regard as your most precious possession in time or eternity she with whom you joined hands over the altar in the House of the Lord and to whom you pledged your love and loyalty and affection for time and all eternity. Your companion, your children, and you yourself will then know and feel a security far greater than any that can be bought with hardware and gadgetry.” -Gordon B. Hinckley
[Happy Valentine's Day.]

Quote of the Day: 13 February 2022 #QotD

“[W]e are under covenant to care for those in need. Our individual efforts don’t necessarily require money or faraway locations; they do require the guidance of the Holy Spirit and a willing heart to say to the Lord, ‘Here am I; send me.’” -Sharon Eubank

Quote of the Day: 12 February 2022 #QotD

“Team competition socializes boys. It teaches boys to value something above themselves.” -Leonard Sax
[This is why I don't denigrate sports generally. I am perplexed by people's seeming need to make their fandom of a particular team part of their identity. And there are plenty of people who take sports far too seriously. But, in general, they are a net good for society.]

Quote of the Day: 11 February 2022 #QotD

“I’m related to people I don’t relate to.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[A truth that we all face. Whether by intention, or not, there will be at least times you won't understand those you are the closest to.]

Quote of the Day: 10 February 2022 #QotD

“Morality and an honest way of life are inculcated in the family, not in schools or on the streets.” -Peter Grant
[The family is the foundation of society. That is where culture is fostered, values are transmitted, and the direction of the society is set. As the traditional nuclear family comes under further attack, society is undermined, and an edifice built on a crumbling foundation stands little chance of withstanding the blows that come against it.]

Quote of the Day: 9 February 2022 #QotD

“I prefer to stay in the kiddie pool of life.” -Pig, Pearls Before Swine
[A funny thought, but if followed as a philosophy it is almost assured to bring you to a life of mediocrity at best or wallowing in failures at worst.]

Quote of the Day: 8 February 2022 #QotD

“Freedom of speech is precisely meant to protect the most obnoxious, offensive, and disgusting speech.” -Gad Saad
[Inoffensive speech needs no protection. Freedom requires the protection of the things fully intended and most likely to offend our sensibilities. I'd much rather the bigots freely spout their bigotry that I may know who they are, rather than conceal it and cause a societal abscess of putrefying hatred.]

Quote of the Day: 7 February 2022 #QotD

“Don’t protect idiots just [because] they vote for the same person as you.” -@MattsIdeaShop
[You can also recognize when others are doing it, because they appear to be hypocrites.]

Quote of the Day: 6 February 2022 #QotD

“Only He can bring us true joy, happiness, and peace through our loving Him and following His teachings.” -M. Russell Ballard
 

Quote of the Day: 5 February 2022 #QotD

“Listening is about the experience of being experienced.” -Kate Murphy
[So go out there and let yourself experience and be experienced by others. They're longing for it, and so are you.]

Quote of the Day: 4 February 2022 #QotD

“I already know an awful lot of people and until one of them dies, I couldn’t possibly meet another.” -Regina Lampert, Charade
[Regina might have known a lot of people. I have plenty of openings, personally.]

Quote of the Day: 3 February 2022 #QotD

“It is in the nature of men to rise against the injustice of which they are the victims.” -Frédéric Bastiat

[As we are seeing against looming (and some would argue, uncloaking) tyranny in the response to the global pandemic of the Wuhan virus.]

Quote of the Day: 2 February 2022 #QotD

“Although the uke has always attracted its fair share of virtuosos, most players are perfectly happy to use it as an accompaniment to a song. And when groups of like-minded strummers gather, it can be a memorable experience.” -Liz and Jim Beloff
[Happy Ukulele Day! An instrument I have been playing for a little more than a year now. I feel like I'm about to advance to being an intermediate player, but what do I know? It is fun to play, and I hope that I'll be making music with it and my family for years to come.]

Quote of the Day: 1 February 2022 #QotD

“The heart of democracy is violence…. In order to decide what to do we, we take a count of everyone for and against it, and then do whatever the larger side wishes to do. We’re having a symbolic battle, its outcome decided by simple numbers. It saves us time and no end of trouble counting actual bodies—but don’t mistake it for anything but ritualized violence.” -Elias Esterbrook, The Aeronaut’s Windlass
[Often overlooked, but not untrue.]