Tag Archives: Genius

First Principles: Under the Clouds of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross of Iron

Posted on December 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Make Everything As Simple As Possible, But Not Simpler. A Man Should Look For What Is, And Not For What He Thinks Should Be

Posted on December 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. A … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Who Makes Quick Use of the Moment Is A Genius of Prudence

Posted on November 15, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.” – Johann Kaspar Lavater

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Thought For the Day: An Artist Discovers His Genius the Day He Dares Not To Please

Posted on November 3, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.” – Andre Malraux, novelist, adventurer, art historian, and statesman (3 Nov 1901-1976)

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Thought For the Day: Genius Is the Gold In the Mine, Talent Is the Miner Who Works and Brings It Out

Posted on September 1, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.” -Marguerite Gardiner, writer (1 Sep 1789-1849)

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Thought For the Day: America’s Abundance Was Created Not By Public Sacrifices To ‘the Common Good’, But By the Productive Genius of Free Men

Posted on August 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“America’s abundance was created not by public sacrifices to ‘the common good,’ but by the productive genius of free men.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

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First Principles: The Burning of An Author’s Books, Imprisonment For Opinion’s Sake, Has Always Been the Tribute That An Ignorant Age Pays To the Genius of Its Time

Posted on July 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The burning of an author’s books, imprisonment for opinion’s sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time.” – Joseph Allen (1749-1827)

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Thought For the Day: Neither Genius, Fame, Nor Love Show the Greatness of the Soul. Only Kindness Can Do That

Posted on May 12, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.” -Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, preacher, journalist, and activist (12 May 1802-1861)

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Books Read Throughout Life

Posted on May 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Books Read Throughout Lifeby Michael DoyleIn a repeated mantra of lifeIn all the things we have soughtThere is the truth reflectedIn lessons accidentally taughtIn this and all stages of lifeWe find it’s worth another lookTo sit and quietly curl upWith … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Love Is the Soul of Genius

Posted on February 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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