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Thought For the Day: A Work of Art Does Not Answer Questions; It Provokes Them; and Its Essential Meaning Is in the Tension Between the Contradictory Answers
“A work of art does not answer questions; it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers.” – Leonard Bernstein
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Tagged Answer, Contradiction, Essential Meaning, Provocation, Question, Tension, Thought For the Day, Work of Art
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Thought For the Day: If You Light A Lantern For Another, It Will Also Brighten Your Own Way
“If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way.” – Nichiren
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Tagged Brighten, Lantern, Light, Nichiren, Others, Path, Self, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Disciplining Yourself To Do What You Know Is Right and Important, Although Difficult, Is the High Road To Pride, Self-Esteem, and Personal Satisfaction
“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the high road to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.” – Margaret Thatcher
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Tagged Difficult, Discipline, High Road, Important, Knowledge, Margaret Thatcher, Personal Satisfaction, Pride, Right, Self, Self -Esteem, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: I Think Forgiveness May Be the Greatest Virtue On Earth, and Certainly the Most Needed. There Is So Much of Meanness and Abuse
“I think [forgiveness] may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and abuse, of intolerance and hatred. There is so great a need for repentance and forgiveness. It is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abuse, Earth, Emphasis, Forgiveness, Godon B. Hinckley, Greatest Virtue, Hatred, Intolerance, Love, Meanness, Miracle, Principle, Repentance, Scripture, Thought For the Day, Tolerance
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Thought For the Day: The Artist Must Yield Himself To His Own Inspiration, and If He Has True Talent, No One Knows and Feels Better Than He What Suits Him
“The artist must yield himself to his own inspiration, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he what suits him.” – Giuseppe Verdi
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Tagged Artist, Feel, Giuseppe Verdi, Inspiration, Knowledge, Suitable, Talent, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Being Honest May Not Get You A Lot of Friends, But It’ll Always Get You the Right Ones
“Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it’ll always get you the right ones.” – John Lennon
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Thought For the Day: The Clearest Way Into the Universe Is Through A Forest Wilderness
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir
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Tagged Clarity, Forest, John Muir, Thought For the Day, Universe, Way, Wilderness
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Thought For the Day: It’s Better To Have Tried and Failed Than To Live Life Wondering What Would Have Happened If I Had Tried
“It’s better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would’ve happened if I had tried.” – Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson, Better, Failure, Life, Live, Thought For the Day, Try, Wonder
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Thought For the Day: If Government Becomes A Lawbreaker, It Breeds Contempt For Law; It Invites Every Man To Become A Law Unto Himself
“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become … Continue reading
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Tagged Contempt, End, Goivernment, Lawbreaker, Louis D. Brandeis, Means, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Trust the Past To the Mercy of God, the Present To His Love, and the Future To His Providence
“Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.” – Saint Augustine
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Tagged Future, God, Love, Mercy, Past, Present, Providence, Saint Augustine, Thought For the Day, Trust
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