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Thought For the Day: Fiction Can Be Useful
“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.” – Paul Theroux, novelist (b. 1941)
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Thought For the Day: Liberty Is the Hardest Test
“Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people. To know how to be free is not given equally to all men and all nations.” – Paul Valéry (1871-1945) A nice poem of his: http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/valery.html … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Human Doings Are Messy
“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.” – John Galsworthy, author, Nobel Laureate (1867-1933)
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Tagged Beginning, Ending, Human, Humanity, John Galsworthy, Messy, Thought For the Day, Undertakings, Untidy
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Build Must Also Maintain
“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” – Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007)
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Thought For the Day: Wisdom Goes Beyond Mere Recitation of Memorized Words
We are students of words; we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a … Continue reading
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Tagged Memorization, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Recitation, Rote, Students, Thinking, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: Know the Rules, Stake and Time Limits of the Game
“If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.” – Chinese proverb
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Thought For the Day: Those Who Cannot Achieve In Freedom, Clamor For Power
“Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.” – Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
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Tagged Achieve, Capacity, Eric Hoffer, Free Society, Freedom, Lack, Power, Thought For the Day, Tyranny
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Thought For the Day: Daughters – Be Kind To Your Father
“Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young, / Who loved thee so fondly as he? / He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, / And joined in thy innocent glee.” – Margaret Courtney, poet … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day x 2: In Remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” Vanity asks the question, “Is it popular?” But, conscience asks the question, “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: To Write Well, Read and Listen Often
“One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. “ – Hart Crane, poet (1899-1932)
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Tagged Familiarity, Hart Crane, Moments, Patterns, Soak, Thought For the Day, Words
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