“When most Canadians say ‘Canada,’ they are referring not just to the rocks and dirt that make up the Canadian landmass. They mean Canada’s constitutional government, its democratic society, its freedoms.”

David Frum in National Post 20/12/05

“Life is not a final. It’s a daily pop quiz.” Anonymous

“Naebody gits to this age wishin’ they’d din mair worryin’.” His Scots grandfather at age 96 (puffing on his pipe) quoted by Jim Coyle in the Toronto Star October 24 1998

“Faith is no refuge for the faint-hearted.”

Pope Francis in Lumen fidei

“The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.”

Lord Halifax (1633-95)

“Although a wise man might urge that one suffer fools gladly, this should not be construed as license for any fool to demand that one do so.” Frederick William Kantor

“Compound interest isn’t left wing or right wing. It just is, and it will wreck the finances of any government that ignores it.” John Ibbitson in Globe & Mail March 7 2011

“Paddle your own canoe”

Lord Baden-Powell