Friday, December 22, 2023

QOD:  Real irony is far more sincere than earnestness.  To accept the absurdity of a situation is to accept the humanness of it.  ~ Percival Everett (b. Dec. 22, 1956), African-American novelist

Thursday, December 21, 2023

QOD:  I like being over the hill.  I’ve discovered a whole new landscape.  ~  Jane Fonda (née Jane Seymour Fonda; b. Dec. 21, 1937), American actress

Wednesday, December 21, 2023

QOD:  If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.  ~  Alain de Botton (b. Dec. 20, 1969), Swiss-born British philosopher

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

QOD:  Even though you can’t expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make an attempt.  That’s morality, that’s religion, that’s art, that’s life.  ~  Phil Ochs (né Philip David Ochs; Dec. 19, 1940 ~ Apr. 9, 1976), American singer-songwriter

Monday, December 18, 2023

QOD:  A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.  ~  Greek Proverb  

Sunday, December 17, 2023

QOD:  I see the church as a field hospital after battle.  Heal the wounds, heal the wounds.  ~  Pope Francis (né Jorge Mario Bergoglio; b. Dec. 17, 1936)