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WRITINGS AND TEACHINGS

KENNETH WESTHUES
Professor Emeritus
University of Waterloo, Canada

Updated with quotes for October 2025:

Classic:
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
— Mark Twain, Notebook, 1904.

Direct:
On the whole, giving others the same right one claims for oneself, to think, speak, act, and live with the consequences, brings out the best in everyone and results in a more decent society.
— The Envy of Excellence, 2003.

Garden moment for October 2025:

Autumn crocus poking through a bed of plumbago at the School of Horticulture Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Canada.

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