Posted on May 13, 2026 “Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock in a thunderstorm.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894
Posted on April 28, 2026April 28, 2026 “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900
Posted on April 1, 2026April 1, 2026 “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.”—Richard Taverner, English author, 1505-1575
Posted on March 25, 2026March 25, 2026 “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”—Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary & politician, 1870-1924
Posted on March 21, 2026 “In the arts of peace Man is a bungler.”—George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, 1856-1950
Posted on March 5, 2026March 4, 2026 “The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher & poet, 1803-1882
Posted on February 20, 2026March 2, 2026 “DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender” (abusers’ psychological manipulation strategy; gaslighting)—Jennifer Freyd, PhD; American psychologist; 1957-
Posted on January 14, 2026 “Being president doesn’t change who you are, it reveals who you are.”—Michelle Obama, attorney and U.S. First lady, 1964–
Posted on January 11, 2026January 11, 2026 “As the heirs (of revolutionists and rebels), we may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”—Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. President, 1890-1969
Posted on January 9, 2026 “The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.”—Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman emperor, 121 AD–180 AD
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