Quote of the Day for 2016-04-16

"The acquisition of any knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known."

— Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Notebooks, "Morals"

The HAL-9000 computer being interviewed in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Quote of the Day for 2016-02-07

"The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils."

— George Orwell (1903-1950) "No, Not One," The Adelphi, October 1941

Banksy's Spy Booth at the confluence of St. Anne's Terrace, Hewlett Road, and Fairview Road near GCHQ in Cheltenham, UK (April 2014) Photograph by Matt Cardy

Quote of the Day for 2015-09-05

"I've never met a healthy person who worried much about his health, or a good person who worried much about his soul."

— J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964) Attributed

Life Simplified by Matthieu Barrère

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-26

"No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good."

— Mandell Creighton (1843-1901) Quoted by Louise Creighton in Life and letters of Mandell Creighton

Jesus doesn't love you.