Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Something Might Be Done By Throwing All One’s Weight On the Scale of Breadth, Tolerance, Charity, Temperance, Peace, and Kindliness To Man and Beast

Posted on May 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something might be done by throwing all one’s weight on the scale of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: I Want People To Talk To One Another No Matter What Their Difference of Opinion Might Be

Posted on May 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.” – Studs Terkel, author and broadcaster (16 May 1912-2008)

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Thought For the Day: The Peculiar Evil of Silencing the Expression of An Opinion Is, That It Is Robbing the Human Race; Posterity As Well as the Existing Generation

Posted on May 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Is Easier To Build Strong Children Than To Repair Broken Men

Posted on May 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass.

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Thought For the Day: Looking Up Into the Night Sky Is Looking Into Infinity – Distance Is Incomprehensible and Therefore Meaningless

Posted on May 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity — distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless.” – Douglas Adams

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Thought For the Day: In Theory There Is No Difference Between Theory and Practice. In Practice There Is

Posted on May 17, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.” – Yogi Berra

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Thought For the Day: The Least Movement Is of Importance To All Nature. The Entire Ocean Is Affected By A Pebble

Posted on May 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.” – Blaise Pascal

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Thought For the Day: Imagination Is More Important Than Knowledge. Knowledge Is Limited. Imagination Encircles the World

Posted on May 15, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” – Albert Einstein

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Thought For the Day: Knowing Trees, I Understand the Meaning of Patience. Knowing Grass, I Can Appreciate Persistence

Posted on May 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” -Hal Borland, author and journalist (14 May 1900-1978)

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Thought For the Day: What the Survival of Threatened Languages Means, Perhaps, Is the Endurance of Dozens, Hundreds, Thousands of Subtly Different Notions of Truth

Posted on May 13, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“What the survival of threatened languages means, perhaps, is the endurance of dozens, hundreds, thousands of subtly different notions of truth.” – Mark Abley, Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages

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