Quotes for a Wednesday

E.H. Shepard, For a long time they looked at the river beneath them from The House at Pooh Corner. (Sotheby's London)

On Wednesday, when the sky is blue,
and I have nothing else to do,
I sometimes wonder if it's true
That who is what and what is who. - Winnie-the-Pooh (A.A. Milne)

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. - Epictetus

Those who make some other person their job... are dangerous. - Dorothy L. Sayers

We know what we are, but not what we may be. - William Shakespeare

Don't worry about being effective. Just concentrate on being faithful to the truth. - Dorothy Day

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. - G.K. Chesterton

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. - Epictetus

The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit. - Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least. - Dorothy Day




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