Friday, February 2, 2024

QOD:  Upper classes are a nation’s past; the middle class is its future.  ~  Ayn Rand (née Alisa Zinov’yevna Rosenbaum; Feb. 2, 1905 ~ Mar. 6, 1982), Russian-born philosopher and author

Thursday February 1, 2024

QOD:  Americans love change, but they hate to be changed.  ~  Godfrey Hodgson (Feb. 1, 1934 ~ Jan. 27, 2021), British journalist

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

QOD:  If I insist on giving you my truth, and never stop to receive your truth in return, there can be no truth between us.  ~  Thomas Merton (Jan. 31, 1915 ~ Dec. 10, 1968), American writer and Trappist monk

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

QOD:  Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people.  A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.  ~  Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan. 30, 1882 ~ Apr. 12, 1945), 32^nd President of the United States

Monday, January 29, 2024

QOD:  It is only by being in trouble that people understand how far from easy it is to be the master of one’s feeling’s and thoughts.  ~  Anton Chekhov (né Anton Paviovich Chekhov; Jan. 29, 1860 ~ July 15, 1904), Russian playwright

Sunday, January 28, 2024

QOD:  Look around you.  Soak up the atmosphere of things.  That’s the purpose of life.  ~  Colette (née Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Jan. 28, 1873 ~ Aug. 3, 1954), French author