Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: We Have Been Assured In the Sacred Writings That Except the Lord Build the House, They Labor In Vain That Build It

Posted on December 25, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“God governs the affairs of man. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured in the Sacred Writings that except the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Goodness Is the Only Investment That Never Fails

Posted on December 24, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” – Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

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Thought For the Day: One of the Oldest Human Needs Is Having Someone Wonder Where You Are When You Don’t Come Home At Night

Posted on December 21, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.” -Margaret Mead, anthropologist (16 Dec 1901-1978)

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Thought For the Day: Ideas Are Indeed the Most Dangerous Weapons In the World

Posted on December 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Ideas are indeed the most dangerous weapons in the world. Our ideas of freedom are the most powerful political weapons man has ever forged.” – Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Profess To Favor Freedom and Yet Depreciate Agitation, Are People Who Want Crops Without Ploughing the Ground

Posted on December 19, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation, are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Above All, Every Member of the University Has An Obligation To Permit Free Expression In the University

Posted on December 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Above all, every member of the university has an obligation to permit free expression in the university. No member has a right to prevent such expression. Every official of the university, moreover, has a special obligation to foster free expression … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Crime Is Contagious. If the Government Becomes A Law Breaker, It Breeds Contempt For the Law

Posted on December 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for the law.” – Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941)

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Thought For the Day: Unrestrained Political Authority, Thought It Be Confided To Masses, Cannot Be Trusted Without Positive Limitations

Posted on December 15, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Unrestrained political authority, though it be confided to masses, cannot be trusted without positive limitations, men in bodies being but an aggregation of the passions, weaknesses and interests of men as individuals.” – American writer James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851

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Thought For the Day: Arbitrary Power Will Have Divided Men of Superior Intelligence Into Two Groups: the Former Will Be Seditious, the Latter Corrupt

Posted on December 14, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Thus arbitrary power will have divided men of superior intelligence into two groups: the former will be seditious, the latter corrupt.” – Benjamin Constant (1767-1830)

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Thought For the Day: The Walls of Books Around Me, Dense With the Past, Formed A Kind of Insulation Against the Present World and Its Disasters

Posted on December 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The walls of books around me, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.” – Ross Macdonald, novelist (13 Dec 1915-1983)

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