The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
–Emily Dickinson, poet (1830-1886)
August 12, 2018
July 20, 2018
Zsa Zsa Gabor School of Creative Mathematics
As a graduate of the Zsa Zsa Gabor School of Creative mathematics,
I honestly do not know how old I am.
~Erma Bombeck
July 12, 2018
Wisdom of John Locke
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
–John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)
July 8, 2018
The Present Moment
Life can be found only in the present moment.
The past is gone, the future is not yet here,
and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment,
we cannot be in touch with life.
-Thich Nhat Hanh
July 1, 2018
Ignorance of Ignorance
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.
–Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician and philosopher (1861-1947)
Wise Wise Words from Liv Ullman
I had a life with options
but frequently lives as if I had none.
The sad result of not having exercised my choices
is that the memory of myself is not of the woman I believe I am
-Liv Ullman
June 25, 2018
On Courage
It often takes more courage to change one’s opinion than to stick to it.
– Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) – Physicist and philosopher
June 10, 2018
Jimi on the Power of Love
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
–Jimi Hendrix, musician, singer, and songwriter (1942-1970)
May 26, 2018
“Research”
“Copy from one, it’s plagiarism; copy from two, it’s research.”
– Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)
January 20, 2018
Kindness Beauty and Truth
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. –Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (14 Mar 1879-1955)
The Curious Autodidact 
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