The Best of the Quotes (November through February)

March 7, 2008, 7:00 am; posted by
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November 2, 2007: “There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.” — S. Clemens

December 3, 2007: “Freedom must constantly be won over for the cause of good. Free assent to the good never exists simply by itself. If there were structures which could irrevocably guarantee a determined — good — state of the world, man’s freedom would be denied, and hence they would not be good structures at all.” — Pope Benedict XVI

December 19, 2007: “The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected.” — S. Johnson

January 29, 2008: “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.” — G.K. Chesterton

February 8, 2008: “One thousand moustaches can live together, but not four breasts.” — Hindu proverb


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