daily contemplation

"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."

~ Aristotle

"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

~ Sun Tzu

"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy."

~ Wendell Berry