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Thought For the Day: Closed Minds and Books Are Simply Blocks of Wood
“A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood.” – Chinese Proverb
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Thought For the Day: Guard Well Your Treasure of Kindness
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.” – George Sand [pen name of Amantine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin], novelist (1 Jul 1804-1876)
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Thought For the Day: Mankind’s Highest Accomplishments Are Those Which Bring Us Together
“Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures — in this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (29 … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: There Is No Wisdom 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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Thought For the Day: Love Is the Force Capable of Changing An Enemy Into A Friend
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. This begs the question, when did the Left become so entirely intolerant?
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Thought For the Day: There Is Less Competition To Be Among Those Who Do the Work
“My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.” – Indira Gandhi … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: It’s Older Men That Send Younger Men To Fight Wars
“I hate with a murderous hatred those men who, having lived their youth, would send into war other youth, not lived, unfulfilled, to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Laughter Is Like Internal Jogging
“Laughter is a form of internal jogging.” – Norman Cousins, editor and author (24 Jun 1915-1990)
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Thought For the Day: The Lingua Franca of Our Day Is Video and Sound
“‘Writing’ is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound.” – Lawrence Lessig, professor and political activist (b. 3 Jun 1961) I hope he is wrong. Then again, I can see why he … Continue reading
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