Quote of the Day -- Graham Greene

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

-- Graham Greene

Quote of the Day -- Goethe

A state of affairs which leads to daily vexation is not the right state. 

-- Goethe

Quote of the Day -- Simone Weil

I think that it is useless to fight directly against natural weaknesses. One has to force oneself to act as though one did not have them in circumstances where a duty makes it imperative; and in the ordinary course of life one has to know these weaknesses, prudently take them into account, and strive to turn them to good purpose; for they are all capable of being put to some good purpose. 

-- Simone Weil

Quote of the Day -- Thomas Merton

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.

-- Thomas Merton

Quote of the Day -- Wallace Stevens

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

-- Wallace Stevens

Quote of the Day -- François de la Rochefoucauld

We are so accustomed to disguising our true nature from others, that we end up disguising it from ourselves 

-- François de la Rochefoucauld

Quote of the Day -- John F Kennedy

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light a candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

-- John F Kennedy

Quote of the Day -- Jane Jarvis

I have everything I need to be happy right between my ears.

-- Jane Jarvis

Quote of the Day -- Plato

Beauty is the sign of another, higher order. Beholding beauty with the eye of the mind you will be able to nourish true virtue and become the friend of God.

-- Plato

Quote of the Day -- Roger Scruton

Put usefulness first and you lose it. Put beauty first and what you do will be useful forever. It turns out that nothing is more useful than useless. We see this in traditional architecture, with its decorative details. Ornaments liberate us from the tyranny of the useful and satisfy our need for harmony. In a strange way, they make us feel at home. They remind us that we have more practical needs. We're not just governed by animal appetites like eating and sleeping. We have spiritual and moral needs, too. And if those needs go unsatisfied, so do we.

-- Roger Scruton