Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Curtailing Free Speech Strikes Twice At Intellectual Freedom

Posted on January 17, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“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: Unite With Anyone To Right; Unite With Nobody To Do Wrong

Posted on January 16, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong.” – Frederick Douglass      

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Thought For the Day: Words Used Change Like Leaves With the Passing Seasons of Mankind

Posted on January 15, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“Men ever had, and ever will have leave, / To coin new words well suited to the age, / Words are like leaves, some wither every year, / And every year a younger race succeeds.” – Horace, poet and satirist … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: In A World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind

Posted on January 14, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“In a world where you can be anything, be kind.”  – Anonymous      

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Thought For the Day: Take Away the Heritage of A People and They Are Easily Destroyed

Posted on January 13, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property. … Take away the heritage of a people and they are easily destroyed.” – Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto (1848) I would offer that eradicating … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: A Writer Who States There Is No Truth or That Truth Is Relative Should Not Be Believed

Posted on January 12, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative,’ is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.” – Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey      

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Thought For the Day: We Not Only Want To See Beauty But To Become Part of It

Posted on January 11, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“‘We do not want merely to see beauty… we want something else which can hardly be put into words – to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Commitment Builds Hope; Kept Promises Builds Trust

Posted on January 10, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“When you make a commitment, you build hope.  When you keep it, you build trust.” –  John C. Maxwell      

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Thought For the Day: A Life Has Value As Long As One Values the Life of Others

Posted on January 9, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.” – Simone de Beauvoir, author and philosopher (9 Jan 1908-1986)    

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Thought For the Day: Replying To Nasty Remark With Another Is Like Using Mud To Remove Dirt

Posted on January 8, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

“To reply to a nasty remark with another nasty remark is like trying to remove dirt with mud.” – Michael Catt, in Courageous Living      

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