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Thought For the Day: Hold Faithfulness, and Sincerity As First Principles
“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.” – Confucius, The Analects
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Thought For the Day: You Have Reached the Pinnacle of Success As Soon As You Become Uninterested In Money, Compliments, or Publicity
“You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.” – Thomas Wolfe
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Thought For the Day: Things Which Do Not Grow and Change Are Dead Things
“Things which do not grow and change are dead things.” – Louise Erdrich, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota
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Thought For the Day: No Fathers Or Mothers Think Their Own Children Ugly; and This Self-Deceit Is Yet Stronger With Respect To the Offspring of the Mind
“No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly; and this self-deceit is yet stronger with respect to the offspring of the mind.” – Miguel de Cervantes, novelist (29 Sep 1547-1616)
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Thought For the Day: It Is What You Read When You Don’t Have To That Determines What You Will Be When You Can’t Help It
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”― Oscar Wilde
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Thought For the Day: People Who Love Literature Have At Least Part of Their Minds Immune From Indoctrination. If You Read, You Can Learn To Think For Yourself
“People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.” – Doris Lessing
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Thought For the Day: Rules For Happiness: Something To Do, Someone To Love, Something To Hope For
“Rules for Happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.” – Immanuel Kant
Thought For the Day: Do Not Wait For Leaders; Do It Alone, Person To Person
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.” – Mother Teresa
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Thought For the Day: The Only Other Place Comparable To These Marvelous Nether Regions, Must Surely Be Naked Space Itself, Out Far Beyond Atmosphere
“(T)he only other place comparable to these marvelous nether regions, must surely be naked space itself, out far beyond atmosphere, between the stars, where sunlight has no grip upon the dust and rubbish of planetary air, where the blackness of … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: I Am All In A Sea of Wonders. I Doubt. I Fear. I Think Strange Things, Which I Dare Not Confess To My Own Soul
“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt. I fear. I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.” – Bram Stoker, “Dracula”
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