Quote of the Day for 2016-09-10

"The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience."

— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) War and Peace, volume 2, chapter 41 (1869) translated by Constance Garnett

The Viet Minh and the OSS Deer team (August 1945) Standing left to right: Unidentified, Lieutenant Rene Defoumeaux, Ho Chi Minh, Major Allison K. Thomas, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Pfc Henry Prunier, Unidentified, Unidentified, and Pfc Paul Hoagland. Kneeling left to right: Lawrence Vogt, Sergeant Aaron Squires, and Unidentified.

Quote of the Day for 2016-05-12

"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral."

— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Letter to Eugen Heinrich Schmitt (October 12, 1896)

Anti factory farming ad campaign created by Voiceless (2012)

Quote of the day for 2015-08-19

"Never did Christ utter a single word attesting to a personal resurrection and a life beyond the grave."

— Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) What I Believe, Chapter 8

The resurrection of Jesus (photograph by Giedrius Blagnys)