Tag Archives: Easy

Thought For the Day: It Is Easy Enough To Be Friendly To One’s Friends. But To Befriend the One Who Regards Himself As Your Enemy Is the Quintessence of True Religion. The Other Is Mere Business

Posted on August 10, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.” – Mahatma Gandhi

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Thought For the Day: There Is No Remedy So Easy As Books, Which If They Do Give Cheerfulness, At Least Restore Quiet To the Most Troubled Mind

Posted on May 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.” – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, author (26 May 1689-1762)

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Thought For the Day: Our Chief Want In Life Is Somebody Who Shall Make Us Do What We Can

Posted on April 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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Three Things In Life

Posted on February 14, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Three Things In Lifeby Michael DoyleThere is something to the power of threeThat speaks to heart and soul of divinityIt seems it all begins and ends with loveWithout which there is no gaining heaven aboveThere are three things in life … Continue reading →

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To Angie (At Age 15)

Posted on August 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

To Angie (At Age 15)by Michael DoyleSince the day you entered the worldWith longish locks and fists uncurledI have stood amazed and maybe dotedAs I looked into your heart devotedAs it was and still in angelic senseArmed with a smile … Continue reading →

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First Principles: He Who Permits Himself To Tell A Lie Once, Finds It…Becomes Habitual

Posted on June 16, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual.” – … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Great Man Is He Who, In the Midst of the World, Keeps With Perfect Sweetness the Independence of Solitude

Posted on May 25, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion, it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the world, keeps with perfect sweetness the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: One Day Work Is Hard, and Another Day It Is Easy; But If I Had Waited For Inspiration I Am Afraid I Should Have Done Nothing

Posted on May 13, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am afraid I should have done nothing. The miner does not sit at the top of the shaft waiting for the … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Live In A World In Which We Need To Share Responsibility…There Are Those Who See the Need and Respond. I Consider Those People My Heroes

Posted on March 20, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Nothing Is Easier Than Spending Public Money. It Does Not Appear To Belong To Anybody. The Temptation Is Overwhelming To Bestow It On Somebody.

Posted on January 4, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.” – President Calvin Coolidge (1873-1933)

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