“Count that day lost, whose low descending sun views from thy hand no worthy action done."
"Charles Stanford (1823-86)", quoted as "Thought du jour" in Globe & Mail Oct. 15, 1999
“’I should soon have given up a life of pleasure,’ they say, ‘if I had faith.’ But I tell you: ‘You would soon have faith if you gave up a life of pleasure….’”
Blaise Pascal Pensées
“Some days are for living. Others are for getting through."
Malcolm Forbes, quoted on https://www.hound-dog-media.com
“When fortune empties her chamberpot on your head, smile – and say ‘we are going to have a summer shower.’”
Sir John A. Macdonald, quoted by Dave Ryan in The Western Standard May 3, 2004
‘‘It is a monotonous memory which keeps us in the main from seeing things as splendid as they are.’”
G.K. Chesterton quoted by James V. Schall, SJ in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 2 # 8 (July-August 1999)
In BOE Report I skewer the hypocrisy of politicians, most notably our Prime Minister, who demand that we use dramatically fewer fossil fuels while jetting about hobnobbing with his fellow elitists or promoting his electoral prospects so frequently it’s hard to keep track of where he is.
“Intelligence is quickness to apprehend, as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended."
Alfred North Whitehead, quoted as "Thought du jour" in Globe & Mail August 21, 2002