“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“physicians may be divided into two groups. Most go by the book and make the correct diagnosis about 66 percent of the time. A few, however, approach each patient as a diagnostic challenge and make the correct diagnosis about 94 percent of the time. It is said that the former listen for the sound of horse’s hooves, while the latter, zebra’s…” Letter from Izzy Sommers, M.D. (retired) in Reader’s Digest Canadian Edition March 2005

“Jesus did not die on the cross just so we could live comfortable, well-adjusted lives.” Rick Warren, The Purpose-Driven Life

“He who laughs last, thinks slowest.” “Top 15 Taglines From the Internet” in Gilbert! Vol. 3 No. 4 (Jan/Feb. 2000)

“As long as justice and injustice have not terminated their ever-renewing fight for ascendency in the affairs of mankind, human beings must be willing, when need is, to do battle for the one against the other.” John Stuart Mill, quoted by George Jonas in Beethoven’s Mask

“Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.” G.K. Chesterton in “The Way of the Desert” in The New Jerusalem

“Unfortunately this was one of those cases where the long term arrived much sooner than expected.” David Frum in National Post January 1, 2001

“‘My friend,’ I said, ‘you can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.’” Stephen Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People