Posted on June 2, 2023 “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910
Posted on May 31, 2023 “A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clean conscience.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017
Posted on May 26, 2023 “Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.”—Aphra Behn, English poet, 1640-1689
Posted on May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 “My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through Earth’s loveliness.”—Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, 1475-1564
Posted on May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 “When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.”—John Ruskin, English polymath, 1819-1900
Posted on May 14, 2023 “To see what is in front of one’s nose requires a constant struggle.”—George Orwell, English novelist, 1903-1950
Posted on May 12, 2023 “If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.”—Henri Nouwen, Dutch philosopher & theologian, 1932-1996 (Guest Editor—Deborah Allen)
Posted on May 3, 2023 “As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it absolutely.”—Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter, 1853-1890
Posted on May 1, 2023April 30, 2023 “To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.”—Robert M. Pirsig, American author & philosopher (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance), 1928-2017
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