Sunday, January 11, 2026

Spiritual Quote of the Day (G. K. Chesterton, on Faith, Hope, and Charity)

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“Charity means pardoning the unpardonable, or it is no virtue at all. Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all....
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Quote of the Day (Dennis Lehane, on Boston Working-Class Humor)

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“To this day… I've never met a comedian half as funny as at least five people I knew growing up. In Dorchester … my dad was part of a ba...
Friday, January 9, 2026

Tweet of the Day (‘MichaelTrying,’ on the Results of a New Year’s Exercise Program)

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“I finally have the body I want after a rigorous six-month program of lowering my expectations.”--@MichaelTrying,” quoted in Eric Zorn, “ Ny...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Quote of the Day (James Allen, on How a Person Can Become ‘The Rightful Master of Himself’)

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“Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions, but when he realizes that he is a...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Quote of the Day (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, on a State ‘Tempted by Self-Interest’)

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“A state that finds itself tempted by self-interest to erode traditional norms may in time regret its conduct."— American politician, d...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Quote of the Day (John Ruskin, Defining ‘Fine Art’)

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“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.” —British art and social critic John Ruskin (1819-1900), Th...
Monday, January 5, 2026

Quote of the Day (William F. Buckley, on a Past CIA Operation)

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“A dozen years ago someone remarked that the weekend’s attempted assassination of Sukarno had all the earmarks of a CIA operation: Everyone ...