“ … For what matters finally is how the human spirit is spent … For this is the beginning … Therefore, let us rejoice …  Gaudeamus igitur.   John Stone, MD from his Commencement poem “Gaudeamus Igitur”

“What have you rethought recently?”  Adam Grant, PhD (author, podcaster, psychology professor)

“Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our children’s health (and also, by the way, in our own).” ― Richard Louv, Author and Journalist

“Psychological safety and courage are simply two sides of the same immensely valuable coin.  Both are – and will continue to be – needed in a complex and uncertain world.”  Amy Edmondson, PhD

“Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by itself has profound perils and pitfalls.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his book Life Together

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”  ― Ernest Hemingway

“If I knew this was the last time I’ll see you, I’d tell you I love you, and would not just assume foolishly you know it already.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez, novelist

“High fives and fist bumps … have a lot to say about the cooperative workings of a team ….”  Kraus, Huang, and Keltner (2010)

“We either live with intention or exist by default.” – Kristin Armstrong, professional cyclist and 3-time Olympic gold medal winner (and no relation to Lance …)

“Poetry is a life-cherishing force …. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, and something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry.”   Mary Oliver, poet:  A Poetry Handbook

"I got it wrong. I do not think it is possible to learn to recognize emotion in other people …. There is no merit in trying to walk in someone else's shoes. Let them tell their own story ... and believe them." Brene Brown, PhD

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”  Jack Kornfield

“Nothing new that is really interesting comes without collaboration.”  James D. Watson (discoverer of the double-helix structure of DNA with Francis Crick)

"Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders." — Henry David Thoreau

“Wearing a mask wears you out. Faking it is fatiguing.” – Rick Warren

“We live in a world that celebrates work and activity, ignores renewal and recovery, and fails to recognize that both are necessary for sustained high performance.”   Jim Loehr, PhD - The Power of Full Engagement

“Friendship is always an act of recognition …. If you realize how vital to your whole spirit friendship actually is, you will take time for it.”  John O’Donohue

“One of the gifts of 'Star Trek' is my professional work colleagues have become my lifelong friends.”  George Takei (Hikaru Sulu)

“Why is it important to swim with a buddy?”  Our local YMCA swim instructor

“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”  Attributed to many persons