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Thought For the Day: A Right Life Cultivates Kindness
“To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.” – Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (18 Sep 1709-1784)
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Thought For the Day: The Penalty In Failing To Participate In Politics Is Governance By Inferiors
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” – Plato
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Thought For the Day: Government Should Be A Referee, Not An Active Player
“When government — in pursuit of good intentions — tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: When You’re In A Hole, Stop Digging
“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.” – Will Rogers
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Thought For the Day: It Is Possible For One Side To Simply Be Wrong
“When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.” – Richard Dawkins, biologist and author (b. 26 Mar … Continue reading
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Tagged Dogma, Expressed, Intensity, Middle, Opposite, Points of View, Richard Dawkins, Right, Thought For the Day, Truth, Wrong
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Thought For the Day: We Are Empowered To Transform Hurts and Wants Into Living Wisdom
“We all have the power to change our story, transforming past hurts and wants into the living wisdom they are.” – Mags MacKean
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Thought For the Day: We Pay Our Debt To the Past In the Inheritance We Pay the Future
“We can pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.” – John Buchan, poet, novelist, and politician (26 Aug 1875-1940)
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Thought For the Day: Censorship Reflects A Society’s Lack of Self Confidence
“Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.” – Justice Potter Stewart (1915-1985)
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Thought For the Day: Greatness Is Made of Simplicity, Goodness and Truth
“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.” – Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (9 Sep 1828-1910)
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Thought For the Day: You Have Turned All the Corners Left When You Run Into Yourself
“When you turn the corner / And you run into yourself / Then you know that you have turned / All the corners that are left.” – Langston Hughes, poet and novelist (1 Feb 1902-1967)
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