Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat To Justice Everywhere

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Injustice effects and impacts us all.  It differs little rather it’s police brutality (the majority of which at last study I have read is committed against whites … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Change In Perspective Is Worth 80 IQ Points

“A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points.” – Alan Kay, computer scientist (b. 17 May 1940)    

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Thought For the Day: It Has Been the Great Tragedy of Our Time That People Were Taught To Read and Not Taught To Reason

“It has been the great tragedy of our time that people were taught to read and not taught to reason.” – G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)      

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Thought For the Day: Nonviolence Is the Most Potent Weapon Available To Oppressed People In Their Struggle For Freedom and Justice

“(R)iots are socially destructive and self-defeating. I’m still convinced that nonviolence is the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom and justice. I feel that violence will only create more social problems than they will … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Good Life Is A Process, Not A State of Being. It Is A Direction, Not A Destination

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”  – Carl Rogers      

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Thought For the Day: Give Your Best Anyway

“If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to … Continue reading →

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In Reverence For Pentecost Sunday

With all that is going on in the world it’s maybe a bit hard to have the peace of mind and so to recall.  Still, in reverence for and in hopefulness and love, I wish toward that we a bit … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Start By Doing What’s Necessary; Then Do What’s Possible; and Suddenly You Are Doing the Impossible

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi      

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Thought For the Day: I Have Decided To Stick To Love… Hate Is Too Great A Burden To Bear

“I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Martin Luther King, Jr., in A Testament of Hope: Essential Writings and Speeches Available as a free .pdf download here: https://all-med.net/pdf/a-testament-of-hope/         … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Justice Consists Not In Being Neutral Between Right and Wrong, But Finding Out the Right and Upholding It, Wherever Found, Against the Wrong

“Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.” – Theodore Roosevelt    

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