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WRITINGS AND TEACHINGS

KENNETH WESTHUES
Professor Emeritus
University of Waterloo, Canada

Updated with quotes for October 2024:

Classic:
Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility. The knowledge that mankind needs is not the way or principle which has an absolute existence but the particular truths for here and now.
— Hu Shih, 1919.

Direct:
Humanity’s biggest mistakes have come from trying to force everybody into the mold of some overarching system of thought. Betterment is not too much to hope for. Perfection is.
— The Envy of Excellence, 2004.

Garden moment for October 2024:

At the botanical garden of the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture, the display of mums this autumn seems more gorgeous than in years past. Maybe it's the combination of colours, both of the mums and of the accompanying begonias.

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