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January 19th, 2026
"The life of society can only be improved by the self-denial of the individual" -- Tolstoy
They say that one swallow does not make summer. But is it not precisely because one swallow does not make summer that the swallow which cannot sense the onset of summer but simply waits for it to arrive will never fly? If you had to wait for every bud to blossom and every blade of grass to grow, then you would never have a summer. In just the same way, in the process of establishing God's kingdom on earth we don't need to think whether we are the first or the thousandth swallow. -- Tolstoy
January 18th, 2026
Thematically speaking, the most important thing Terry Pratchett taught me was the concept of militant decency. The idea that you can look at the world and its flaws and its injustices and its cruelties and get deeply, intensely angry, and that you can turn that into energy for doing the right thing and making the world a better place. He taught me that the anger itself is not the part! should be fighting. Nobody in my life ever said that before.
