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Thought For the Day: Any Scientist Can Testify That A Dead Ocean Means A Dead Planet

“Any scientist can testify that a dead ocean means a dead planet …. No national law, no national precautions can save the planet. The ocean, more than any other part of our planet, … is a classic example of the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Most Necessary Task of Civilization Is To Teach People How To Think. It Should Be the Primary Purpose of Our Public Schools

“The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: There Is A Time To Live, A Time To Die, A Time To Laugh, and At No Time Are the Three of Them Very Far Apart

“There is a time to live, a time to die, a time to laugh, and at no time are the three of them very far apart.” – Spike Milligan

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Thought For the Day: Never Be Afraid To Trust An Unknown Future To A Known God

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” – Carrie Ten Boom

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Thought For the Day: There Is Something Infinitely Healing In the Repeated Refrains of Nature

“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature.” – Rachel Carson

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Thought For the Day: Ever Tried. Ever Failed. No Matter. Try Again. Fail Better! You Won’t Believe What You Can Accomplish By Attempting the Impossible

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.” – Samuel Beckett

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Thought For the Day: I Have Wondered At Times What the Ten Commandments Would Have Looked Like If Moses Had Run Them Through the US Congress

“I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.” –  Ronald Regan

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Thought For the Day: My Political Sentiments Inclined Toward the Left and Emphasized the Socialist Aspects Every Bit As Much As Nationalist Ones

“My political sentiments inclined toward the left and emphasized the socialist aspects every bit as much as nationalist ones.” – Adolph Eichmann It must be realized and understood that the Nazis were from the Left, not the right. National Socialist … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Literature Adds To Reality,…(I)t Enriches the Necessary Competencies That Daily Life Requires and Provides

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.” – C.S. Lewis

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Thought For the Day: Being A Christian Is Less About Cautiously Avoiding Sin Than About Courageously and Actively Doing God’s Will

“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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