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Posted on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

“God cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.”—Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Roman Catholic saint, 1910-1997

Posted on February 15, 2018

“All men by nature desire knowledge.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on February 14, 2018

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

“The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines—so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.”—Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, 1867-1959

Posted on February 11, 2018February 11, 2018

“What soon grows old? Gratitude.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on February 10, 2018February 10, 2018

“Anatomy is destiny.”—Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist & founder of psychoanalysis, 1856-1939

Posted on January 28, 2018

“Under every stone lurks a politician.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on January 10, 2018

“The actuality of thought is life.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on December 29, 2017December 29, 2017

“What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

Posted on December 24, 2017December 24, 2017

“It is better to live rich, than to die rich.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English writer, 18th century

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