The teacher was giving her class of seven-year-olds a natural-history lesson.
"Worker ants," she told them, "can carry pieces of food five times their own weight. What do you conclude from that?"
One child was ready with the answer: "They don't have a union."
"Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see."
- Arthur Schopenhauer
"The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don't see the results."
- Henri Nouwen
"Lord, give me the strength to change the things I can, the grace to accept the things I cannot, and a great big bag of money."
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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