Quote of the Day: 31 August 2023 #QotD

“Everything human must have in it both joy and sorrow; the only matter of interest is the manner in which the two things are balanced or divided.” -G. K. Chesterton
[Ecstasy and tragedy. There must be opposition in all things, and in human dealings most assuredly.]

Quote of the Day: 30 August 2023 #QotD

“Good Meetings always turn into riots” -Hobbes, Calvin and Hobbes
[Well, entertaining ones (as viewed by a nonparticipant, anyway.)]

Quote of the Day: 29 August 2023 #QotD

“Stories bind communities together and can help create a consensus about how we should act and feel.” -David Farland
[It is important to have shared stories with your neighbors and friends. In fact, I'm not sure you can have friends with whom you have no shared stories.]

Quote of the Day: 28 August 2023 #QotD

“Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.” -Arthur Weasley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
[A wise policy. Even in the absence of magic.]

Quote of the Day: 27 August 2023 #QotD

“The Savior’s healing and redeeming power applies to accidental mistakes, poor decisions, challenges, and trials of every kind—as well as to our sins.” -Peter F. Meurs

Quote of the Day: 26 August 2023 #QotD

“It is a strange thing to find yourself doing something you have apparently always wanted to do, when in fact up until that moment you had never known that you had always wanted to do it, or even what it was[.]” -Terry Pratchett
[Do we really know what we want before we experience it. I can certainly tell you that the converse is also strange, and rather unpleasant.]

Quote of the Day: 25 August 2023 #QotD

“Stories explain us. You want to define what makes a human different from an animal? I can do it in one word or a hundred thousand. Sad stories. Exultant stories. Didactic morality tales. Frivolous yarns that, paradoxically, carry too much meaning.” -Hoid, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
[I keep coming back to this myself. Stories really do define us as humans. They stir our souls.]

Quote of the Day: 24 August 2023 #QotD

“If you want to destabilize a country, everyone knows all you have to do is mess with their water supply or their mail.” -Gustave, Kill the Farm Boy
[It would probably be more effective to disrupt water supplies than postal service, but the idea is sound. Communications disruptions are very destabilizing.]

Quote of the Day: 23 August 2023 #QotD

“See, here’s the thing. Morgan was right: you can’t win them all. But that doesn’t mean that you give up. Not ever.” -Harry Dresden, Turn Coat
[Put down the black pill, pull up your pants, and get to work.]

Quote of the Day: 22 August 2023 #QotD

“Letting our kids face consequences now could save them from much bigger problems in the future.” -Amy McCready
[It's hard, though. I don't really want to see my child suffer, and to weigh that against the future suffering as opposed to the suffering that I can see now is difficult to envision.]

Quote of the Day: 21 August 2023 #QotD

“There is no ‘black mind’ or ‘white mind,’ no ‘white male way of knowing’ or ‘indigenous way of knowing,’ there is only one truth, and we find it through the scientific method.” -Gad Saad
[He's correct. There is a truth independent of our cultures and biology. The scientific method is merely the best repeatable method of revealing that truth to someone without them having to accept it on faith.]

Quote of the Day: 20 August 2023 #QotD

“Whatever questions or problems you have, the answer is always found in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.” -Russell M. Nelson

Quote of the Day: 19 August 2023 #QotD

“I would still preach the truth even if you mocked every word as I said it, because the truth is the truth.” -Guru Dondrub, Tower of Silence
[Proclaim the truth. Always. Because the truth is more important than anyone's feelings.]

Quote of the Day: 18 August 2023 #QotD

“Manuel, when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.” -Bernardo de la Paz, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
[Always a wise approach. It allows you to isolate the parts that you actually don't understand, and provides clarity about what needs to be understood.]

Quote of the Day: 17 August 2023 #QotD

“A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences. Although any person could fit that description, very few do. Choose this day to be one of them.” -Galloran, A World Without Heroes
[Wise words from a fictional character. True regardless of the mouth from which they are 'uttered'. Try your best to live up to them, and you'll have led a fulfilling life.]

Quote of the Day: 16 August 2023 #QotD

“Of all horrible religions the most horrible is the worship of the god within.” -G. K. Chesterton
[The elevation of personal identity to primacy over all else has been a grave mistake.]

Quote of the Day: 15 August 2023 #QotD

“Who’d have guessed Big Brother would go commercial?” -Hobbes, Calvin and Hobbes
[At this point? Probably just about everyone. At least, those that are paying attention.]

Quote of the Day: 14 August 2023 #QotD

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.” -Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
[Ms. Rowling has been an excellent example of standing up for truth. Something we could all do a lot more of. There's no need to be confrontational or rude about it, but we also don't need to compromise the truth to appease others.]

Quote of the Day: 13 August 2023 #QotD

“My beloved brothers and sisters, is the Word in us? Are the truths of the Savior’s gospel written in the fleshy tables of our hearts? Are we coming unto and gradually becoming more like Him?” -David A. Bednar

Quote of the Day: 12 August 2023 #QotD

“Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?” -Havelock Vetinari, Snuff
[If only, but they seem to have captured the institutions of power (the DOJ at the very least.)]

Quote of the Day: 11 August 2023 #QotD

“[A]rt is, and always has been, about what it does to us. To the one shaping it and the one experiencing it.” -Hoid, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
[It doesn't even need to be good to accomplish the creators purpose.]

Quote of the Day: 10 August 2023 #QotD

“[C]ivil rights are not protected or enhanced by the growing practice of calling every issue raised by ‘spokesmen’ for minority, female, elderly, or other groups, ‘civil rights’ issues.” -Thomas Sowell
[If we were required to accept as true every statement that some issue or another is a civil rights issue solely because someone has declared it to be so we would have no time to think about anything else.]

Quote of the Day: 9 August 2023 #QotD

“You’ll never read every good book in the library, so don’t even try.” -Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise
[This is not advocacy not to read, but not to try to read all the books. Just enjoy the ones you're able to read, and learn from as many of them as you can.]

Quote of the Day: 8 August 2023 #QotD

“Life is too short, Harry. And there’s nowhere near enough joy in it. If you find it, grab it. Before it’s gone.” -Susan Rodriguez, Changes
[We're here, at least in part, to experience joy (not to be confused with pleasure). So, enjoy it.]

Quote of the Day: 7 August 2023 #QotD

“No, you don’t need to toss the family’s board game collection into the trash, even if you sometimes really, really want to.” -Amy McCready
[Despite the difficulties, children will eventually learn how to relate to one another, especially with some guidance and gentle instruction.]

Quote of the Day: 6 August 2023 #QotD

“Sometimes during our own challenges, we might feel like Christ is too late, and our hope and faith might even feel challenged. My witness and testimony are that as we move forward with faith in Jesus Christ, the fourth day will always come. He will always come to our aid or to raise our hopes back to life.” -W. Mark Bassett

Quote of the Day: 5 August 2023 #QotD

“Regular gun owners are all around you…. We are your friends, neighbors, and coworkers.” -Larry Correia
[And it's time you realize it. We aren't going away either. We'll just keep plugging away, until we have our rights back as they should be.]

Quote of the Day: 4 August 2023 #QotD

“Limiting the freedom of news ‘just a little bit’ is in the same category with the classic example ‘a little bit pregnant.’” -Bernardo de la Paz, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
[Be very careful when you have the impulse to silence someone, or even just impede their ability to disseminate their message. It is a very slippery road.]

Quote of the Day: 3 August 2023 #QotD

“[H]istory, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness[.]” -James Fenimore Cooper
[The time to 'history' also seems to be quite short these days. There also seems to a an attribution of sinister intent to people we don't like for some personal reason.]

Quote of the Day: 2 August 2023 #QotD

“It is always easy to let the age have its head; the difficult thing is to keep one’s own.” -G. K. Chesterton
[So many go along to get along. Or begin that way, anyway. They eventually lose their minds and accept the irrationality that surrounds them.]

Quote of the Day: 1 August 2023 #QotD

“I need to work on my salesmanship.” -Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes
[Most of us do. And we often don't realize it until it is too late.]