How We Learn Worldly Wisdom

Photo credit:  ©Laurel Delaney 2011

By three methods we may learn wisdom:  First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ~ Confucius

Photo credit:  ©Laurel Delaney 2011, "Loyola University Chicago Lake Shore Library, Reflection"

Quietly Building New Structures In Our World

 

Photo credit:  ©Laurel Delaney 2011, "Loyola University Chicago North Shore Campus"

"Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures." ~ John F. Kennedy 

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Opinion of the World

"In the opinion of the world, marriage ends all, as it does in a comedy. The truth is precisely the opposite: it begins all." ~ Anne Sophie Swetchine

Photo credit:   ©Laurel Delaney 2011, title:  "Bridget and Matthew Get Married August 6, 2011," near Madonna della Strada, Loyola University Chicago's main chapel