Category Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Many People Take No Care of Their Money Till They Come Nearly To the End of It, and Others Do Just the Same With Their Time

Posted on August 31, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (28 Aug 1749-1832)

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Thought For the Day: Don’t You See That the Whole Aim of Newspeak Is To Narrow the Range of Thought?

Posted on August 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Don’t You See That the Whole Aim of Newspeak Is To Narrow the Range of Thought?” – George Orwell

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Thought For the Day: When You’re Traveling, You Are What You Are Right There and Then. People Don’t Have Your Past To Hold Against you. No Yesterdays On the Road

Posted on August 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat-Moon, travel writer (b. 27 Aug 1939)

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Thought For the Day: Learn To Get In Touch With the Silence Within Yourself and Know That Everything In This Life Has A Purpose

Posted on August 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Learn To Get In Touch With the Silence Within Yourself and Know That Everything In This Life Has A Purpose.” – Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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Thought For the Day: What We Are Seeking Is An Experience of Being Alive, So That Our Life Experience On the Purely Physical Plane Will Have Resonance With Our Innermost Being and Reality

Posted on August 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“I Think That What We Are Seeking Is An Experience of Being Alive, So That Our Life Experiences On the Purely Physical Plane Will Have Resonances With Our Own Innermost Being and Reality, So that We Actually Feel the Rapture … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Destroying Species Is Like Tearing Pages Out of An Unread Book, Written In A Language Humans Hardly Know How To Read, About the Place Where They Live

Posted on August 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where they live.” -Holmes Rolston III, professor of philosophy (b. 1932)

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Thought For the Day: We Owe Those Kabul Airport Gold Star Families Everything. We Owe Them Transparency, We Owe Them Honesty, We Owe Them Accountability

Posted on August 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We owe those [Kabul Airport] Gold Star families everything. We owe them transparency, we owe them honesty, we owe them accountability if appropriate. We owe them the truth about what happened to their loved ones.” – Joint Chiefs of Staff … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Love Is Like Quicksilver In the Hand. Leave the Fingers Open and It Stays. Clutch It, and It Darts Away

Posted on August 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.” -Dorothy Parker, author (22 Aug 1893-1967)

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Thought For the Day: A Few Cobras In Your Home Will Soon Clear It of Rats and Mice. Of Course, You Will Still Have The Cobras

Posted on August 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“A few cobras in your home will soon clear it of rats and mice. Of course, you will still have the cobras.”-Will Cuppy, journalist (23 Aug 1884-1949

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Thought For the Day: Those Who Suppress Freedom Always Do So In the Name of Law and Order

Posted on August 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.” – John V. Lindsay (1921-2000)

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