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Tag Archives: Thought For the Day
Thought For the Day: One Is Happy As A Result of One’s Own Efforts Once One Knows the Necessary Ingredients of Happiness
“One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.” – … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Is It Even Possible To Simply Acknowledge Both the Flaws and Accomplishments of the Heroes of Our Past Without Treating Them As Villains At This Point?
“Is it even possible to simply acknowledge both the flaws and accomplishments of the heroes of our past without treating them as villains at this point? Apparently, they must be torn down and their achievements portrayed as no more than … Continue reading
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Tagged Achievements, Acknowledge, Conspiracy, Heroes, Jarrett Stepman, Oppress, Past, Possible, Thought For the Day, Torn Down, Treating, Villains
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Thought For the Day: What Wisdom Can You Find That Is Greater Than Kindness?
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?-Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher and author (28 Jun 1712-1778)
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Tagged Find, Greater, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Kindness, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: For Liberalism, the Individual Is the End and Society the Means. For Fascism, Society Is the End, Individuals the Means, and Its Whole Life Consists In Using Individuals As Instruments For Its Social Ends
“For liberalism, the individual is the end, and society the means. For fascism, society is the end, individuals the means, and its whole life consists in using individuals as instruments for its social ends.” – Alfredo Rocco (1875-1925) Does it … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfredo Rocco, Consist, Fascism, Individual, Instruments, Liberalism, Social Ends, Society, The End, The Means, Thought For the Day, Using, Whole LIfe
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Thought For the Day: Out of the Quarrel With Others We Make Rhetoric, Out of the Quarrel With Ourselves We Make Poetry
“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.” – William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (13 Jun 1865-1939)
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Tagged Others, Ourselves, Poetry, Quarrel, Rhetoric, Thought For the Day, William Butler Yeats
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Thought For the Day: If You’re the Most Powerful Person In the World and You Can’t Field Questions From the Media Without Losing Your Temper, Maybe You’re In the Wrong Business
“If you’re the most powerful person in the world and you can’t field questions from the media without losing your temper, maybe you’re in the wrong business.” – Olivia Nuzzi in response to Joe Biden going off on CNN’s Kaitlan … Continue reading
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Tagged In the World, Joe Biden, Media, Most, Olivia Nuzzi, Person, Powerful, Questions, Temper, Thought For the Day, Wrong Business
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Thought For the Day: I Prefer Liberty With Danger To Peace With Slavery
“I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery.” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
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Tagged Danger, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Liberty, Peace, Prefer, Slavery, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: I Want To See How the Story Turns Out
“One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter — who was a child at the time — asked me, “Daddy, why are you writing so fast?” And I replied, “Because I want to see how the … Continue reading
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Tagged Child, Daddy, Daughter, Fast, How the Story Turns Out, Louis L'Amour, One Day, Thought For the Day, Time, Typewriter, Want To See, Writing
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Thought For the Day: There Is Great Anger In Our Country Caused In Part By Inaccurate, and Even Fraudulent, Reporting of the News
“There is great anger in our country caused in part by inaccurate, and even fraudulent, reporting of the news. The Fake News Media, the true Enemy of the People, must stop the open and obvious hostility and report the news … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Just As Appetite Comes By Eating So Work Brings Inspiration
“Just as appetite comes by eating so work brings inspiration.” -Igor Stravinsky, composer (17 Jun 1882-1971)
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Tagged Appetite, Comes, Eating, Igor Stravinsky, Inspiration, Thought For the Day, Work
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