Quote of the Day: 28 February 2025 #QotD

“Too much change is as destructive as too little.” -Ian Malcolm, The Lost World
[It can be a matter of what change you care for, and how destructive in what ways you are willing to accept.]

Quote of the Day: 27 February 2025 #QotD

“People can be good or bad one by one. Society is almost always awful.” -Master Yute, The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
[True. Sadly.]

Quote of the Day: 26 February 2025 #QotD

“Between an armed and an unarmed man no proportion holds, and it is contrary to reason to expect that the armed man should voluntarily submit to him who is unarmed, or that the unarmed man should stand secure among armed retainers.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
[Even in the 16th century it was known that armed men stood a better chance of living their lives how they wanted to than unarmed men. We really ought to be able to maintain our arms, and it shouldn't be controversial.]

Quote of the Day: 25 February 2025 #QotD

“The best leaders are those whom people want to follow.” -Yusuf al-Falah, The Anatomy of Peace
[Finding a leader worth following, though, can be difficult.]

Quote of the Day: 24 February 2025 #QotD

“If’n people do wrong things, well, why would they be surprised if bad things then happen to them?” -Nanny Ogg, The Shepherd’s Crown
[And yet they are. So much surprise. And then there's the blowback as the perpetrators of the current bad things get theirs.]

Quote of the Day: 23 February 2025 #QotD

“His hand will always be there for us, even if we cannot see it or feel it at first, because He was chosen by our Heavenly Father to be our Savior, the Redeemer of all humankind.” -Juan Pablo Villar

Quote of the Day: 22 February 2025 #QotD

“How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.” -Lucy Westenra, Dracula
[I'm not sure any such people actually exist. But if they do, I would like to learn their secrets.]