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Thought For the Day: To Understand Is Not To Condone
“Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.” – Erich Fromm, psychoanalyst and author (23 Mar 1900-1980)
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Tagged Accept, Accusation, Condone, Discernment, Erich Fromm, Judgment, Others, Thought For the Day, Understanding
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Thought For the Day: Write Faster To Know the End of the Story
“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 Childhood, Imagination, Lous L'Amour, Rapid, Story, Thought For the Day, Unfold, Writing
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Thought For the Day: The Older We Are, the Clearer We Should See
“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” – Jean Paul Richter, writer (21 Mar 1763-1825)
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Tagged Clarity, Hourglass, Jean Paul Richter, Life, Sand, Thought For the Day, Time
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Thought For the Day: Our Hearts and Not the Opinions of Others Form Our Honor
“Our own heart, and not other men’s opinions, form our true honor.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
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Tagged Consensus, Heart, Honor, Opinion, Popular, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thought For the Day, Truth
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Thought For the Day: Better To Silent Than Speak and Be Thought A Fool
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” – Maurice Switzer, in Mother Goose, Her Book I do not know that I fully agree with this adage. Maybe, I think, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Doubt, Foolish, Maurice Switzer, Mother Goose, Remove, Silence, Thought For the Day, Vocal
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Thought For the Day: One of the Oldest Human Needs Is To Be Needed
“One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don’t come home at night.” – Margaret Mead, anthropologist (1901-1978)
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Tagged Belong, Care, Difference, Human, Humanity, Margaret Mead, Need, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: Look Up to the Stars, Not Down At Your Feet
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always … Continue reading
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Tagged Adapt, Adversities, Awe, Curiousity, Difficulty, Mindfulness, Overcome, Sense, Stars, Stephen Hawking, Survive, Thought For the Day, Understand, Universe, Wonder
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Thought For the Day: The History of Science Has Been the Gradual Realization That Events Are Orderly
“The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.” – Stephen Hawking Forget about … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Everyone Is As God Made Them … And Often Times Worse
“Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.” – Miguel de Cervantes Okay, so this thought is a bit tongue in cheek. But, it does make a solid point. Think on it, please?
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Tagged Created, Everyone, God, Miguel de Cervantes, Sin, Thought For the Day, Underachiever
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