Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: A Great Book Should Leave You With Many Experiences

Posted on June 12, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.” – William Styron, novelist (11 Jun 1925-2006)      

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Thought For the Day: Liberty Is the Highest Political End

Posted on June 9, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is the highest political end.”  – Lord Acton  (1834-1902)      

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Thought For the Day: It Is Chiefly Through Books That We Engage With Superior Minds

Posted on June 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds.” – William Ellery Channing, clergyman and writer (7 Apr 1780-1842)        

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Thought For the Day: There Is Always Something To Do To Make This World A Better Place

Posted on June 7, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world, I do think it’s not asking too … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: People Only Have Their Kind of Love To Give; Not Our Kind

Posted on June 6, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.” – Mignon McLaughlin, journalist and author (6 Jun 1913-1983)    

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Thought For the Day: There Is Little To Gain In Worrying About Our Birth Or Our Death

Posted on June 5, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.” – Federico García Lorca, poet, playwright, and painter (5 Jun 1898-1936)     

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Thought For the Day: Life Can Be Lumpy

Posted on June 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Kind of Behavior That Once Brought Shame Now Brings 15 Minutes of Fame

Posted on June 3, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The kind of behavior that once brought shame and disgrace now brings a book, movie, or a television contract.” – Anonymous          

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Thought For the Day: Political Power Grows Out of the Barrel of A Gun

Posted on June 2, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Every Communist must grasp the truth, ‘Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.’ Our principle is that the [Communist] Party commands the gun and the gun will never be allowed to command the Party.” – Mao Tse-tung … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Is No Youer Than You

Posted on June 1, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. “– Dr. Seuss, author and illustrator (2 Mar 1904-1991)      

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