Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: The Liberty of Man To Search For Truth Ought Not To Be Fettered, No Matter What Orthodoxies He May Challenge

Posted on March 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: If We Had Paid No More Attention To Our Plants Than We Have Our Children, We Would Now Be Living In A Jungle of Weeds

Posted on March 7, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weeds.” – Luther Burbank, horticulturist (7 Mar 1849-1926)

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Thought For the Day: Beauty Is the Purgation of Superfluities

Posted on March 6, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.” – Michelangelo Buonarroti, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet (6 Mar 1475-1564

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Thought For the Day: When One Door Closes Another Door Opens

Posted on March 5, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.” -Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (3 Mar 1847-1922)

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Thought For the Day: Jokes of the Proper Kind, Properly Told, Can Do More To Enlighten Questions of Politics, Philosophy, and Literature Than Any Number of Dull Arguments

Posted on March 4, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.” – Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)

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Thought For the Day: When We Took Prayers Out of Schools, Guns Came Into Schools…Don’t Tell Me About No Separation of Church and State. State Is the Body. Church Is the Heart.

Posted on March 3, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“When we took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools. … Don’t tell me about no separation of church and state. State is the body. Church is the heart. You take the heart out of the body, the body … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: One Does Not Advance the Swimming Abilities of Ducks By Throwing the Eggs In the Water

Posted on March 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water.” – Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novelist (2 Mar 1820-1887)

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Thought For the Day: It Is Not So Much Our Friends’ Help That Helps Us As the Confident Knowledge They Will Help Us

Posted on March 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.” -Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270 BCE)

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Thought For the Day: The Souls of Emperors and Cobblers Are Cast In the Same Mold. The Same Reason That Makes Us Wrangle With A Neighbor Creates A War Between Princes

Posted on February 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war between princes.” – Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592)

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Thought For the Day: Talk Not of Wasted Affection, Affection Never Was Wasted

Posted on February 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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