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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 21h

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Francis of Assisi Died October 3, 1226

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

All history is modern history. Wallace Stevens Born October 2, 1879

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Patience is a visit from another age. E.A. Markham Born October 1, 1939

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The hearts of small children are delicate organs. A cruel beginning in this world can twist them into curious shapes. Carson McCullers Died September 29, 1967

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The pulpit is ever this earth’s foremost part; all the rest comes in its rear; the pulpit leads the world. Herman Melville Died September 28, 1891

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Only in thy light, and thy glory is declared even in that which denies thee; the darkness declares the glory of light. T.S. Eliot Born September 26, 1888

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well. F. Scott Fitzgerald Born September 24, 1896

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Those who live in the section where nine-tenths of the lynchings occur do not dare to tell the truth, even if they perceive it. Mary Church Terrell Born September 23, 1863

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. Publilius Syrus (85 -43 BC)

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action. H.G. Wells Born September 21, 1866

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just when you’re beginning to think pretty well of people, you run across somebody who puts sugar on sliced tomatoes. Will Cuppy Died September 19, 1949

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In a commercial country, a busy country, time becomes precious, and therefore hospitality is not so much valued. Samuel Johnson Born September 18, 1709

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. Edmonia Lewis Died September 17, 1907

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The volcano which the colonists had long ignored, pretending it did not exist, was now in full eruption. Masses of slaves poured down from the hills, emerging from the plantations as though they had been spewed up from a crater. Marie Vieux-Chauvet Born September 16, 1916

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

When a man is really in love he can't help looking like a sheep. Agatha Christie Born September 15, 1890

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Love that moves the sun and the other stars. Dante Alighieri Died September 14, 1321

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I was overcome by an attack of pathological enthusiasm. Robert Lowell Died September 12, 1977

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot. D.H. Lawrence Born September 11, 1885

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I know from blessed, heart-cheering experience the excellency of having a God to trust...in seasons of trial and conflict. Sarah Mapps Douglass Born September 9, 1806

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

War is hell, and those who institute it are criminals. Were there even anything to say for it, it should not be said; for its spiritual disasters far outweigh any of its advantages. Siegried Sassoon Born September 8, 1886

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Life’s but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things—God. Philip James Bailey Died September 6, 1902

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We respect the ashes of our ancestors for this reason only—because a secret voice whispers to us that all is not extinguished in them. . . . and that death is but a glorious transfiguration. François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand Born September 4, 1768

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The heart of man is not compound of lies, but draws some wisdom from the only Wise, and still recalls him. Though now long estranged, man is not wholly lost nor wholly changed. J.R.R. Tolkien Died September 2, 1973

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong; they are weak, but he is strong. Anna Bartlett Warner Born August 31, 1827

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Jesus healed everybody and never charged a co-pay. William Barber II Born August 30, 1963

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are very wise and very beautiful; but I never read in either of them, “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.” Augustine of Hippo Died August 28, 430

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again. W.E.B. Du Bois Died August 27, 1963

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James Died August 26, 1910

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Patience . . . of all the virtues it is nearest kin to heaven; it makes men look like gods. Thomas Dekker Died August 25, 1632

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In the United States today, the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls, but foreign policy follows Machiavelli. Howard Zinn Born August 24, 1922

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

People who deal in truth themselves recognize it when they hear it, just as people who deal in diamonds recognize a real stone when they see it. Alice Duer Miller Died August 22, 1942

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. Phyllis Diller Died August 20, 2012

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God. Jeremy Taylor Born August 16, 1613

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! Sarah Flower Adams Died August 14, 1848

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Excited to announce the publication of the Fall 2026 issue of Global Black Thought! This issue brings together original research, interviews, a book forum on Mary Frances Phillips's "Black Panther Woman", and reviews 📚. Link to issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/57432

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

True Love is but a humble, lowborn thing, And hath its food served up in earthen ware; It is a thing to walk with, hand in hand, Through the every-dayness of this work-day world. James Russell Lowell Died August 12, 1891

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

At length comes death—at length the white throne of God—at length the beatific vision. John Henry Cardinal Newman Died August 11, 1890

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Mercy is better than justice. Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues Born August 6, 1715

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The way in which the vast mass of the poor are treated by modern society is truly scandalous. Friedrich Engels Died August 5, 1895

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

There is always something of the rich cat that lets the mouse run before devouring it. Ernst Bloch Died August 4, 1977

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness! Herman Melville Born August 1, 1819

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Terror made me cruel. Emily Brontë Born July 30, 1818

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

There is no creature so small and abject, that it representeth not the goodness of God. Thomas à Kempis Died July 25, 1471

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

In theory it may seem all right to some, but when it comes to being made the instrument of the Lord's vengeance, I myself don't like it. Robert Gould Shaw Killed July 18, 1863

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Inns are the mirror and at the same time the flower of a people. Hilaire Belloc Died July 16, 1953

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Shut your mouth and open your eyes— And you’ll need nothing to make you wise. The Entirely New Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom for 1905

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

You hand us the fatback of a pig and we use it to make savory greens. You hand us a fledgling radio station and we turn it into a media empire ... We are alchemists. Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts Born July 14, 1975

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The end will show the whole truth. William the Silent Died July 10, 1584

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little. Edmund Burke Died July 9, 1797

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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide. Jean de La Fontaine Born July 8, 1621

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