The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself. St Augustine

Quotes for a Monday

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StaƄczyk during a ball at the court of Queen Bona in the face of the loss of Smolensk
by Jan Matejko (1862)

Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment. - Epictetus

There is a lack of authority on the part of those who pretend to exercise power; a lack of trust and belief in those who are supposed to have authority, namely those in leadership; and manipulation by the press, which, at times, cares little for the truth but which erodes the confidence and trust of the people in the authority of the press. No one seems to be offering real values or solutions to bring about healing. These factors have created the crisis in both society and the church. - Archbishop Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination. - Dr. Thomas Sowell

The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference. - Aristotle

No person is free who is not master of himself. - Epictetus

The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. - T.S. Eliot

Divine life, incarnated in the world in the person of Jesus Christ, provides a compelling image of a love that is both natural and supernatural. Christmas is the appearance of perfect love in history, one that history must never forget. It transcends anything that the world, of itself, can envision. It gives added meaning to our small acts of love because it unites them with Divine Love.

Christmas does not belong to Caesar. It is God’s gift to “all men of good will.” And that is why Christmas is forever, having neither an expiration date nor a brief political term of office. - Dr. Donald DeMarco

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