Tag: technology
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September 3, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks…
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September 2, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and does not gather votes. He does not attempt to charm the public, he offers nothing and promises nothing. His actions simply articulate his dignity as a…
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September 1, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “A decline in courage may be the most striking feature that an outside observer notices in the West today. The Western world has lost its civic courage . . . . Such a decline in courage is particularly noticeable among the ruling and intellectual elite, causing an impression of a loss…
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August 31, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The act of reaching into one’s own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else’s pocket is despicable.” — Walter Williams BIRTHDAYS: 1741 Jean-Paul-Égide Martini [Johann Paul Aegidius Martin], French composer (Plaisir d’amour), born in Freystadt, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire. Plaisir…
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August 30, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations BIRTHDAYS: 1609 Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor. 1693 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer and organist, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire. Sonate…
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August 29, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “To love truth for truth’s sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.” — John Locke BIRTHDAYS: 1609 Sassoferrato [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter 1632 John Locke, English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the…
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August 28, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.” — Goethe BIRTHDAYS: 1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,…
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August 27, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “It could be that the climate alarmists have answers to rebut these critics and their data, but if so, they are not showing it. Rather than engaging in scientific debate, they have evaded it, choosing instead to try to stop dissenting publications and cut off the funding of their opponents. That…
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August 26, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” — Albert Schweitzer BIRTHDAYS: 1673 Conrad Michael Schneider, German organist, kapellmeister, and composer, born in Ansbach,…
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August 25, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Words never fail. We hear them, we read them; they enter into the mind and become part of us for as long as we shall live. Who speaks reason to his fellowmen bestows it upon them. Who mouths inanity disorders thought for all who listen. There must be some minimum allowable…
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