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Thought For the Day: Every Student Needs Someone Who Says, Simply, “You Mean Something. You Count.”
“Every student needs someone who says, simply, ‘You mean something. You count.’” -Tony Kushner, playwright (b. 16 Jul 1956)
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Thought For the Day: Everything You’ve Learned In School As “Obvious” Becomes Less and Less Obvious As You Begin To Study the Universe
“Everything you’ve learned in school as “obvious” becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There’s not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: The Limits of Tyrants Are Prescribed By the Endurance of Those Whom They Suppress
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: What Is It That Affectionate Parents Require of Their Children…? Only That They Would Be Wise and Virtuous, Benevolent and Kind
“What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.” – Abigail Adams, letter to John Quincy Adams, 1783
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Thought For the Day: The Influence of Each Human Being On Others In This Life Is A Kind of Immortality
“The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.” -John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US (11 Jul 1767-1848)
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Thought For the Day: We Are Healed of A Suffering Only By Expressing It To the Full
“We are healed of a suffering only by expressing it to the full.” -Marcel Proust, novelist (10 Jul 1871-1922)
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Thought For the Day: The Fear of Telling the Truth – Whatever That Truth May Be – That Fear Is the Most Painful Sensation of A Moral Life
“As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth — whatever the … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Gift I Can Conceive of Having From Anyone Is To Be Seen, Heard, Understood, and Touched By Them
“I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen, heard, understood, and touched by them. The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.” -Virginia Satir, psychotherapist … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Conservatives Are Disappointed With Man’s Sinfulness, but Proud of the Founder’s Ideals; Many Liberals Are Disappointed With the Founders’ Ideals, and Proud of Man’s Sinfulness
“Conservatives are disappointed with man’s sinfulness, but proud of the founders’ ideals; many liberals are disappointed with the founders’ ideals, and proud of man’s sinfulness.” – Ben Shapiro
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