Month: April 2011

  • Peace

    A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.William Shakespeare

  • Harmony

    Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.Aldo Leopold

  • Happy Birthday DKL

    Today is the birthday of my younger brother.  Yesterday in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune it was noted that it is also the anniversary of the following events:Adolph Hitler’s BirthdayColumbine High School shootingsExplosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of MexicoGood thing he was born, or it would be a bad day…

  • Direction

    A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.James Allen

  • Resentment

    Last week Anh Tran from our Consolidated Programs Division sent me a story that illustrates what we say and how we think about a situation can have a lasting effect.  It also teaches us that even if we find ourselves on the other side of negative or hurtful words, we always have a choice about…

  • Changes

    What great changes have not been ambitious?Melinda Gates

  • Character

    Character is higher than intellect.  A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.Ralph Waldo Emerson