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Posted on April 11, 2020April 11, 2020

“The man who inspects the saddle blanket instead of the horse is stupid. Most stupid is the man who judges another man by his clothes or circumstances.”—Seneca the Younger, Roman satirist, c. 4 BC-65 AD

Posted on April 10, 2020May 2, 2020

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.”—Carl Jung, Swiss psychoanalyst, 1875-1961

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

“Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.”—Thomas Huxley, Biologist, 1825-1895

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”—Calvin Coolidge, U.S. President, 1872-1933

Posted on March 28, 2020March 28, 2020

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'”—Fred Rogers, American television personality, 1928-2003

Posted on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020

“We don’t make mistakes. We just have happy accidents.”—Bob Ross, American painter, 1942-1995

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

“May you live in interesting times.”—Chinese (attributed) proverb

Posted on March 22, 2020March 22, 2020

“When fools make mistakes they lay the blame on Providence.”—Irish proverb

Posted on March 19, 2020

“The cautious seldom err.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

Posted on March 15, 2020March 15, 2020

“In America, public opinion is the leader.”—Frances Perkins, US Secretary of Labor, 1880-1965

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