"‘The decay of society is praised by artists as the decay of a corpse is praised by worms.'"
G.K. Chesterton, quoted in "Serenity in Storms” in George William Rutler He Spoke to Us
In my latest National Post column I say the fact that British millennials are far and away the fattest generation ever is proof that something is very wrong with how we're living today... and I blame family breakdown.
"In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill"
The moral of his The Second World War according to Winston Churchill
"Step 1. Get committed…. Step 2. Involve your spouse…. Step 3. Act as if the depression has already begun…. Step 4. Gather knowledge…. Step 5. Master compound interest…. Step 6. Stop shopping…. Step 7. Turn off the television…. Step 8. Connect more closely to family and neighbors…. Step 9. Do not be a victim…. Step 10. Watch the calendar, not the clock…. Step 11. Treasure your health…. Step 12. Don’t boast…. Step 13. Help others…. Step 14. Defend the open society…. Step 15. Tell your children."
Advice on being prepared for the long run and possible hard times, in James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg The Great Reckoning
"it is only by eternal institutions like hair that we can test passing institutions like empires. If a house is so built as to knock a man's head off when he enters it, it is built wrong.:
G.K. Chesterton What’s Wrong with the World p. 193.
"When walking through your neighbour's melon-patch, don't tie your shoe"
Chinese proverb according to David Crystal in As They Say in Zanzibar quoted in "Social Studies" in Globe and Mail December 18, 2006