James McP

“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

“Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine – but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight”
― Hilaire Belloc

“Age quod agis” is a Latin phrase that means “do what you are doing” or “concentrate on the task at hand”. It is often translated as “do well whatever you do”.

The phrase is attributed to Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit Order. It is used as a reminder to focus on one task at a time and not to spread one's moral efforts too thin. Pope St. John XXIII also used the phrase to mean "do not be concerned with any other matter than the task in hand".

Often translated as "do well whatever you do". Literally translated, it means "do what you do"; figuratively it means "keep going, because you are inspired or dedicated to do so". This is the motto of several Roman Catholic schools. It was used by Pope St. John XXIII in the sense of "do not be concerned with any other matter than the task in hand"; he was allaying worry of what would become of him in the future: his sense of "age quod agis" was "joy" regarding what is presently occurring and "detachment" from concern of the future.”
― Ignatius of Loyola

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked