The Curious Autodidact

The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.
~Gracie Allen 

There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind. -Hannah Senesh, poet, playwright, and paratrooper (1921-1944)

The many ways to perceive the world around us

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.-Frank Tibolt

Character is what you have left when you’ve lost everything you can lose.

– Evan Esar (1899-1995)