Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: Attempted Censorship Often Honors the Superiority of An Idea

Posted on May 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.” – Joseph Sobran (1946-2010)

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Thought For the Day: It Takes the Fire of A White Hot Furnace To Turn Clay Into Porcelain

Posted on May 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain.” – Mildred Witte Stouven

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Thought For the Day: Faith Looks Up, Not Around Or Back

Posted on May 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought For the Day: Story Is Humanity’s Autobiography

Posted on May 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Story, finally, is humanity’s autobiography.” – Lloyd Alexander, novelist (30 Jan 1924-2007)

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Thought For the Day: Silence Can Be An Acceptable Response

Posted on May 27, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.” – Colette, author (28 Jan 1873-1954)

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Thought For the Day: Freedom Is Never More Than One Generation Away From Extinction

Posted on May 26, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Nature Is A Endless Song of One Beautiful Form Into Another

Posted on May 25, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another.” – John Muir, Naturalist … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Art Is the Elimination of the Unnecessary

Posted on May 24, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” – Pablo Picasso, painter, and sculptor (1881-1973)

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Thought For the Day: Arms Are For Hugs, Not Killing

Posted on May 22, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.” – Betty Williams, peace activist, Nobel laureate (b. 22 May 1943)

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