Mar 25, 2026 | Wednesday Quotes
One of the most remarkable features of human reality is how the supernatural relates to the natural. At once, the supernatural brings out what was somehow latent (and in a sense waiting!) in the natural, even as it stunningly transcends, and so also elevates and...
Feb 18, 2026 | Wednesday Quotes
Somehow I must learn to put the spiritual life first—truly first—while also giving due to my bodily life. Human life is unified—or in any case it can and should be unified. But this means there is also a genuine duality. Thomas Aquinas, a master of expressing the...
Jan 28, 2026 | Wednesday Quotes
The great Greek maxim “Know thyself” surely has two distinct but related aspects. Both are very challenging and call for intentional, regular reflection. The first is to know what it is to be human; the second is to know myself as an individual. For the first the key...
Jun 18, 2025 | Wednesday Quotes
Although the lack of manners today is generally noted with disapproval, we often do not think of manners as a central feature of how we raise our children. But manners are arguably the major instance of a concrete, tangible thing we are failing to pass on, to the...
Apr 23, 2025 | Wednesday Quotes
We need to garden, now, more than ever. Two diverse things can bring this into focus for us today: artificial intelligence, and celebrating Easter. What is called artificial intelligence (hereafter, AI) is swiftly and steadily making its way into our life in obvious...
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