Pursuing Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time: That the ten most dangerous words in the English language are, ‘Hi, I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help.’ We in…
Each year, the By George Journal selects its top social media posts from its Facebook and Twitter activity. These are posts that we have heard back are striking and/or popular. In reverse order, here are the By George Top-10 Posts of 2020. Number 10 Number 9 Number 8 Number 7 Number 6 Number 5 Number…
“New Year’s Day–Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink, and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have…
Christmas: that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance–a day in which we think of everything we have ever…
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – W.T. Ellis Our elf-wordsmiths at By George enjoy contemplating words that best frame the spirit of a moment or an event. We have our favourite words for just about every occasion… including Christmas. So today, we are offering our favourite inscriptions, verse…
There’s no one thing that is true. They’re all true. What is moral is what you feel good after. Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. Man is not made for defeat. Nobody knows what’s in him until he tries to pull it out. If there’s nothing or very little, the shock…
Here are a dozen of By George Journal’s favourite insights of the erudite Thomas Sowell, learned American economist and social theorist. You can share these images by right-clicking on the image and saving – then reposting on the social media platform(s) of your choice. Enjoy! Chris George is an Ottawa-based government affairs advisor and wordsmith, president…
in the cupboard sits my bottle like a dwarf waiting to scratch out my prayers. I drink and cough like some idiot at a symphony, sunlight and maddened birds are everywhere, the phone rings gamboling its sound against the odds of the crooked sea; I drink deeply and evenly now, I drink to paradise and…
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. – Baruch Spinoza A people free to choose will always choose peace. – Ronald Reagan It isn’t…
The boldness of endurance is the underline to almost every success. At first glance it may appear too hard. Look again. Always look again. Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly. Play as often as you can Work as smart as you are able. Share your heart as deeply as you can reach. Find your balance…
“At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” – Albert Schweitzer “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.” – Marcus Tullius…
Here are a dozen remarkable quotes from the remarkable American poet and writer Maya Angelou. Achievement brings its own anticlimax. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any…
Government is like a big baby – an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving; regulate it. And if it stops moving,…
Leafing through a old February 2000 Esquire magazine last night, I came across a “John Wooden: What I’ve Learned” article. Here are ten short observations on life from the legendary basketball coach. He was 89 when he gave this interview: You can do more good by being good than any other way. Be more concerned…
Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd. I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left. I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil,…
Here are 10 beautiful quotes respecting motherhood (some wonderful thoughts to inscribe in your cards or to toast at your dinner). To all the wonderful, caring women in our world, Happy Mother’s Day: When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for…
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself. It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. Men are disturbed not by things,…
They should rule who are able to rule best. – Aristotle This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are. – Plato A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange…. Political society exists for the…
“Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal” – Journalist & Author, George Will “Baseball is an American icon. It is the Statue of Liberty, the bald eagle, ‘In God We Trust,’ Mount Rushmore, ice cream,…
Everybody marvels at Yogi Berra’s quotes. He is an unflappable treasure of the game… “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.” “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.” “If the people don’t wanna come out to the ballpark,…