May 28, 2025 | Wednesday Quotes
My father loved to say, “Pass it on.” I have an image of him at his retirement saying it to an employee of his who, weeping, was thanking him for being a great employer. There is more here than some miscellaneous nice attitude. Thomas Aquinas suggests this is a key...
Oct 2, 2024 | Wednesday Quotes
Few of us reach for our Swiss army knife when we simply want to cut something. Aristotle asserts that nature is not like the Delphic smiths, makers of the original Swiss army knife, “a single knife for all kinds of use,” a knife with which, clearly, he was not...
Jul 29, 2020 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“the courage… of a man and of a woman, are not…the same.” Aristotle, Politics Not many nights ago, my wife shared something remarkable with me. Here is basically what she said: In battle, or other such dramatic circumstances, a man might face the possibility of death,...
Mar 23, 2016 | True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“Men and women, however, live together not only to procreate children but also to have whatever is needed for life. Indeed, from the beginning, family duties are distinct; some are proper to the husband, others to the wife. Thus mutual needs are provided for, when...
Apr 22, 2015 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“…mothers love more than fathers do.” — Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics I couldn’t decide whether this assertion made me angry. To be fair, from the context it is clear that Aristotle is speaking of love for infants. I thought of my own experience....
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