Daniel Lubetzky

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”
-Aristotle

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
-Walt Disney

“He is able who thinks he is able.”
-Buddha

“Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.”
—Anthony Storr

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. ”
—Lorraine Hansberry

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.”
-Winston Churchill

“We must think differently, look at things in a different way.
Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.”
-Yitzhak Rabin

Dr. Seuss gave the following commencement address at Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Illinois on June 4, 1977. Bob Bernstein recently shared this with me as generally good advice for life.

My Uncle Terwilliger on the Art of Eating Popovers

My uncle ordered popovers

from the restaurant’s bill of fare.
And, when they were served,
he regarded them
with a penetrating stare
Then he spoke great Words of Wisdom
as he sat there on that chair:
“To eat these things,”
said my uncle,
“you must exercise great care.
You may swallow down what’s solid
BUT
you must spit out the air!”

And
as you partake of the world’s bill of fare,
that’s darned good advice to follow.
Do a lot of spitting out the hot air.
And be careful what you swallow.

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” -Dalai Lama

“Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” — Frank Outlaw