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Thought For the Day: To Love Very Much Is To Love Inadequately; We Love – That Is All

“To love very much is to love inadequately; we love-that is all. Love cannot be modified without being nullified. Love is a short word but it contains everything. Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: What A Child Doesn’t Receive He Can Seldom Later Give

“What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give.” -P.D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James), novelist (3 Aug 1920-2014)

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Thought For the Day: The Purpose of Life Is Not To Be Happy. It Is To Be Useful, To Be Honorable, To Be Compassionate, To Have Make Some Difference

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.: – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: First Say To Yourself What You Would Be; and Then Do What You Have To Do

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.” – Epictetus 

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Thought For the Day: No Philosophers So Thoroughly Comprehend Us As Dogs and Horses

“No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.” – Herman Melville

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Thought For the Day: The Earth Is the Lord’s, and Everything In It, and All Who Live In It

“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;” – Psalm 24:1

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Thought For the Day: Nature Does Not Hurry, Yet Everything Is Accomplished

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu

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Thought For the Day: To Acquire Knowledge, One Must Study; But To Acquire Wisdom, One Must Observe

“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.” – Marilyn vos Savant

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Thought For the Day: The Growth of Knowledge Depends Entirely Upon Disagreement

“The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement.” – Karl Popper

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Thought For the Day: There Are Stars Whose Radiance Is Visible On Earth Though They Have Long Been Extinct. There Are People Whose Brilliance Continues To Light the World Though They Are No Longer Among the Living.

“There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the … Continue reading

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