“Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It’s just ganging up against the weird kid, and I’m always the weird kid.” — Penn Jillette Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, … Continue reading
Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits. — Mark Twain
The thinking child is not antisocial (he is, in fact, the only type of child fit for social relationships). When he develops his first values and conscious convictions, particularly as he approaches adolescence, he feels an intense desire to share … Continue reading
“The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step.” — Maria Montessori
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!” — George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment; also sometimes attributed to Ben Franklin
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and … Continue reading
The golden age is before us, not behind us. — William Shakespeare
Man’s unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself. — Ayn Rand, author of The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged and The Virtue of Selfishness
If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. ~Robert Quillen
The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique. — Walt Disney
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. — Albert Einstein You can follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth … Continue reading
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” — Thomas Jefferson