December 17, 2008

Wōden's Wisdom Wednesday

Odin, Norse god of wisdom, war, battle, and death. Also magic, poetry, prophecy, victory, and the hunt. Also know as Wōden and Wodan. It is also were we get the word Wednesday. From the old Norse Oðinsdagr or "Odin's day".

Since Odin or Wōden is associated with wisdom, and because I like alliteration, I've come up Wōden's Wisdom Wednesdays. Basically a quote I really like that imparts a bit of wisdom.

Today's quote will be a repeat of yesterdays quote. Because I think it bears repeating.
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
~ C. S. Lewis

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