Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For Another Day: We Must Dissent From the Fear, the Hatred, and the Mistrust

Posted on July 2, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“We must dissent from the fear, the hatred, and the mistrust. We must dissent from a nation that buried its head in the sand waiting in vain for the needs of its poor, its elderly, and its sick to disappear … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Where-ever Law Ends, Tyranny Begins

Posted on July 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Wherever law ends, tyranny begins.” – John Locke, in Two Treatises of Government (1689)

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Thought of the Day: The Way To Stop Discrimination On the Basis of Race Is To Stop Discriminating On the Basis of Race

Posted on June 30, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” – Chief Justice John Roberts

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Thought For the Day: If You Want To Build A Ship, Don’t Drum Up People Together To Collect Wood…Teach Them To Long For the Endless Immensity of the Sea

Posted on June 29, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: What Wisdom Can You Find That Is Greater Than Kindness?

Posted on June 28, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” -Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher and author (28 Jun 1712-1778)

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Thought For the Day: It Doesn’t Matter What You Look Like…What Does Matter Is the Size of Your Heart and the Strength of Your Character

Posted on June 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The lesson I want you to learn is it doesn’t matter what you look like. You can be tall or short or fat or thin or ugly or handsome, like your father, or you can be black or yellow or … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Authority Has Every Reason To Fear the Skeptic, For Authority Can Rarely Survive In the Face of Doubt

Posted on June 26, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.” – Robert Lindner (1914-1956)

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Thought For the Day: An Idea Is Salvation By Imagination

Posted on June 25, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“An idea is salvation by imagination.” – Frank Lloyd Wright, architect (8 Jun 1867-1959)

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Thought For the Day: The Bitterest Tears Shed Over Graves Are For Words Left Unsaid and Deeds Left Undone

Posted on June 24, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and novelist (14 Jun 1811-1896)

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Thought For the Day: What the Caterpillar Calls the End of the World, the Master Calls A Butterfly

Posted on June 23, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“What the Caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly.” -Richard Bach, writer (b. 23 Jun 1936)

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