Tag Archives: Mankind

First Principles: America’s Cause Is the World’s Cause

Posted on March 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine The American experiment in the people ruling themselves is maybe the greatest and most noble experiment in the world’s history.  Around the world … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: It Took Five Billion Years To Make Man

Posted on March 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion years to make man!” – George Gamow, physicist and cosmologist (4 Mar 1904-1968)       … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Love of Power Is Natural and Often Abused

Posted on February 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.” – Alexander Hamilton (1775)      

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First Principles: Man Without Reason Is Like A Ship Without A Rudder

Posted on January 17, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.” — Thomas Jefferson (1822)        

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First Principles: The Cause of America Is the Cause of All Mankind

Posted on January 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” – Thomas Paine (1776) You may read Common Sense by Thomas Paine here: http://www.bartleby.com/133/ …and you should… 😉            

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Thought For the Day: Mankind Is Too Complex For Labels

Posted on December 1, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.” – Rex Stout, novelist (1 Dec 1886-1975) The world would be all the poorer without his work.  I find it … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Children Are The Surest Sign That God Still Loves Mankind

Posted on November 29, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” – Rabindranath Tagore, in Stray Birds (1916).          

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Thought For the Day: Losing A Language Is Like Losing Part of Mankind

Posted on November 21, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“For every language that becomes extinct, an image of man disappears.” – Octavio Paz, poet, diplomat, Nobel laureate (1914-1998) To learn more about this interesting poet, please see: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2192/octavio-paz-the-art-of-poetry-no-42-octavio-paz For a great start at understanding the issue of endangered languages, … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Promote the Well Being of Your Community

Posted on November 3, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“I have always, from my earliest youth, rejoiced in the felicity of my fellow-men; and have ever considered it as the indispensable able duty of every member of society to promote, as far as in him lies, the prosperity of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Mankind Learns Little From History

Posted on September 22, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” – Aldous Huxley, in Brave New World    

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