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WRITINGS AND TEACHINGS

KENNETH WESTHUES
Professor Emeritus
University of Waterloo, Canada

Updated with quotes for September 2025:

Classic:
I would renounce, therefore, the attempt to create heaven on earth, and focus instead on reducing the hell."
— A. Alan Borovoy, 1988.

Direct:
Mobbings multiply and life is grim in organizations run by true believers in human perfectibility, as compared to those run by admitted sinners accepting of human frailty and politics.
— The Envy of Excellence, 2003, p. 180.

Garden moment for September 2025:

The Parc Botanique À Fleur d'eau in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, is notable for its magnificence so far north, where summer is short, soil is thin, and rocks protrude. Most plants are marked with the names of donors or honourees – an indication that this garden is organically rooted in the community.

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