Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: It Is Impossible For Ideas To Compete In the Marketplace If No Forum For Their Presentation Is Provided Or Available

“It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.” – Thomas Mann (1875-1955)

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Thought For the Day: One Day Work Is Hard, and Another Day It Is Easy; But If I Had Waited For Inspiration I Am Afraid I Should Have Done Nothing

“One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am afraid I should have done nothing. The miner does not sit at the top of the shaft waiting for the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Neither Genius, Fame, Nor Love Show the Greatness of the Soul. Only Kindness Can Do That

“Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.” -Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, preacher, journalist, and activist (12 May 1802-1861)

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Thought For the Day: The Difference Between False Memories and True Ones Is the Same As For Jewels: It Is Always the False Ones That Look the Most Real, The Most Brilliant

“The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.” -Salvador Dali, painter (11 May 1904-1989)

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Thought For the Day: The Higher Up You Go, the More Mistakes You Are Allowed. Right At the Top, If You Make Enough of Them, It’s Considered To Be Your Style

“The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your style.” – Fred Astaire, dancer, actor, singer, musician, and choreographer (10 May 1899-1987)

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Thought For the Day: Remove All Periods. They Are Scars Made By Words I Couldn’t Bring Myself To Say

“Remove all periods / They are scars made by words / I couldn’t bring myself to say/” – Charles Simic, poet (b. 9 May 1938)

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Happiest of Mother’s Days 2022

Wishing all mothers a very happy and blessed Mother’s Day 2022!

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Thought For the Day: Life Is An Adventure In Forgiveness

“Life is an adventure in forgiveness.” – Norman Cousins, author and editor (1915-1990)

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Thought For the Day: To Curtail Free Expression Strikes Twice At Intellectual Freedom

“To curtail free expression strikes twice at intellectual freedom, for whoever deprives another of the right to state unpopular views necessarily deprives others of the right to listen to those views.” – C. Van Woodward (1908-1999)

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Thought For the Day: In the Small Matters Trust the Mind, In the Large Ones the Heart

“In the small matters trust the mind, in the large ones the heart.” -Sigmund Freud, neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis (6 May 1856-1939)

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