Posted on August 25, 2022 “Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”—James Baldwin, American writer, 1924-1987
Posted on January 5, 2022 “I may be sick and I may seem dumb. That don’t mean you know where I’m coming from.”—Lyric from “Qualified”, by Dr. John (Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr.), American songwriter, 1941-2019
Posted on September 5, 2021September 5, 2021 “A good mind possesses a kingdom.”—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), Roman Stoic philosopher, c. 4 BC–65 AD
Posted on July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 “Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.”—Arthur Helps, English writer, 1813-1875
Posted on July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC
Posted on July 2, 2021 “Books will speak plain when counsellors blanch.”—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, 1561-1626
Posted on June 8, 2021 “A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536
Posted on May 17, 2021 “The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”—Sir William Osler, Canadian medical educator, 1849-1919
Posted on May 8, 2021 “The great goal of life is not knowledge but action.”—Thomas Huxley, English biologist, 1825-1895
Posted on April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 “It is not knowledge, but the act of learning; not possession, but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.”—Johann Gauss, German mathematician, 1777-1855
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