Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.”
G.K. Chesterton
Arguably the greatest thinker & writer of the 20th century. He defended "the common man", common sense, the poor, the family, beauty, Christianity & the Catholic Faith.
(1874 - 1936)
Tuesday, Oct 29, 2024“Totalitarian movements always seek to weaken family institutions so that men, women, and children will become equally subordinate to the State.”
William D. Gairdner
Canadian Olympic athlete, academic, businessman, historian and author.
(1940 - 2024)
Monday, Oct 28, 2024“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer, poet, journalist, and aviator.
(1900 - 1944)
Friday, Oct 25, 2024“We are created for great things - to love and be loved...Woman and man complete each other, and together show forth God's love more fully than either can do it alone.”
Saint Teresa of Calcutta (aka Mother Teresa)
Foundress of the Missionaries of Charity.
(1910 - 1997)
Thursday, Oct 24, 2024“It is the duty of every man, as far as his ability extends, to detect and expose delusion and error.”
Thomas Paine
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1737 - 1809)
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2024“Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do. Then God will help you, so that you can do it.”
Saint Augustine
Famous sinner turned Saint & One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(354AD - 430AD)
Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024“You all say, 'The times are troubled, the times are hard, the times are wretched.' Live good lives, and you will change the times, and then you'll have nothing to grumble about...”
Saint Augustine
Famous sinner turned Saint & One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(354AD - 430AD)
Friday, Oct 18, 2024“Almighty God sends no trial without consolation.”
Saint John Vianney, T.O.S.F. (aka the "Curé d'Ars")
French parish priest and patron saint of parish priests.
(1786 - 1859)
Thursday, Oct 17, 2024“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it.”
Thomas Jefferson
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence & Third President of the United States.
(1743 - 1826)
Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024“As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”
Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian polymath and Nobel Laureate.
(1875 - 1965)
Tuesday, Oct 15, 2024“Morals today are corrupted by our worship of riches.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, and scholar.
(106 BC - 43 BC)
Monday, Oct 14, 2024“This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.”
Johanna "Hannah" Arendt
German-born American political theorist and historian.
(1906 - 1975)
Friday, Oct 11, 2024“Consider God's charity. Where else have we ever seen someone who has been offended voluntarily paying out his life for those who have offended him?”
Saint Catherine of Siena
Mystic, activist, author & One of the Thirty-Seven Doctors of the Catholic Church.
(1347 - 1380)
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024“Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.”
Thomas Paine
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1737 - 1809)
Wednesday, Oct 09, 2024“There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New Testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have no troubles.'”
Ray Charles
American Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, pianist and composer.
(1930 - 2004)
Tuesday, Oct 08, 2024“Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.”
Alexander Hamilton
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1755 - 1804)
Monday, Oct 07, 2024“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”
Paul Tournier
Swiss physician and author.
(1898 - 1986)
Friday, Oct 04, 2024“It is in the company of Jesus that you work for the glory of God.”
Saint John-Baptiste de La Salle
French priest, educational reformer and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
(1651 - 1719)
Thursday, Oct 03, 2024“Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.”
Thomas Paine
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
(1737 - 1809)
Wednesday, Oct 02, 2024“Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all.”
Publius Ovidius Naso known as Ovid
Roman poet.
(43BC - 17AD)
Tuesday, Oct 01, 2024“Liberals have invented whole college majors - psychology, sociology and women's studies - to prove that Liberals are always proposing perfectly insane ideas, laws that will make everybody happy, laws that will make everything right, make us live forever, and all be rich. Conservatives are never that stupid.”
P.J. O'Rourke
American journalist, author and political satirist.
(1947 - 2022)