Quote of the Day -- Thomas Merton

The love of pleasure is destined by its very nature to defeat itself and end in frustration. 

-- Thomas Merton

Quote of the Day -- Agnes Repplier

The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life. 

-- Agnes Repplier

Quote of the Day -- Christopher Alexander

There is a myth, sometimes widespread, that a person need only do inner work…that a man is entirely responsible for his own problems; and that to cure himself, he need only change himself…The fact is, a person is so formed by his surroundings, that his state of harmony depends entirely on his harmony with his surroundings. 

-- Christopher Alexander

Quote of the Day -- Benedict Allen

It's not about making your mark on a place, but about letting it make it's mark on you. 

-- Benedict Allen

Quote of the Day -- George Patton

The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.

-- George Patton

Quote of the Day -- DeWitt Clinton

Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.

-- DeWitt Clinton

Quote of the Day -- Machiavelli

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

-- Machiavelli

Quote of the Day -- Sam Levenson

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.

-- Sam Levenson

Quote of the Day -- Ursule Le Guin

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

-- Ursula Le Guin

Quote of the Day -- Moliére

Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.

-- Moliére