Dec 18, 2024 | Wednesday Quotes
It is not an accident that Christmas makes us think of times gone by, and especially of people gone by. Perhaps we experience this as a sort of cruel twist as we get older. We might wonder why it can’t be like it was before, when ‘everyone’ was there. There is much...
May 18, 2022 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“Likewise, you should know that you will be so close to your husband that wherever he goes he will carry the memory, recollection, and reminder of you. You notice it in all married couples, for as soon as we see the husband, we ask him, ‘How is your wife?’ and as soon...
Mar 30, 2022 | Wednesday Quotes
“I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says…” Socrates, in Plato’s Phaedrus “But when he came to himself…” The Prodigal Son Today I received an email from a student. He shared with me a moment of self-discovery. In class he had seen...
Nov 27, 2019 | Wednesday Quotes
“..and perhaps it will be pleasing to have remembered these things one day.” Virgil, The Aeneid I have to admit it: it’s been hard for me recently as I think back on when my children were younger. A few days ago my wife and I, and our eight year old son—who is...
Feb 21, 2018 | Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
“Imagining is within our power whenever we wish.” Aristotle, On the Soul Studying human nature often gives occasion for wonder and gratitude. This line from Aristotle really struck me. We have been studying what he calls the interior sense powers. One of them is the...
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