“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.” -Vernon Law

“The biggest ingredient in a best friend is someone whose actions you respect and who you can truly be yourself around.” -Renee Olstead

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. – Warren Buffett

“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do I indeed derive any pleasure from the death of the wicked?  Herbert Kappler was the head of the German security forces in occupied Rome during World War II.   In addition to security duties, he oversaw the deportation of thousands of Jews to concentration camps.   He was also behind the Ardeatine Massacre, in which 335 Italian men were killed in reprisal for a resistance bombing that killed 30 German soldiers. After the war, Kappler was...