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Thought For the Day: Do Good Anyway

“The Paradoxical Commandments People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed … Continue reading

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Poetry of Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick was a 17th century English clergyman who was also a lyric poet.  His most famous book of poems is the Hesperides. This may be read in its entirety here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22421 Perhaps the most famous lines that he is most … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Reading the Classics Is Fundamental to Culture

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”  – Ray Bradbury With this idea in mind, I am pleased to announce an additional phase of Aloha Promises Forever’s implementation.  From today … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Decide Who To Be Then Be It

“I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.”  – Lily Tomlin It does not matter where you are on your journey today.  If you or I are to be the very best of who we … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Good Books With Purpose Should Be Censored With Care

“As good, almost, kill a man as kill a good book.” – John Milton   This work may be read in its entirety here: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/areopagitica/text.html Or listened to here:      

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Thought For the Day: Happy First Day of Summer

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”  – F. Scott Fitzgerald, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: God Created All To Be Free

“God created every man to be free. The ability to choose whether to live free or enslaved, right or wrong, happy or in fear is something called freewill. Every man was born with freewill. Some people use it, and some … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Free Expression and Rule of Law Are Necessary To Freedom

“Two things form the bedrock of any open society – freedom of expression and rule of law.  If you don’t have those things, you don’t have a free country.” – Salman Rushdie, quote from the  January 16, 2008, The Times … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Read A Lot; Write A Lot

“If you want to be a good writer, you must do two things above all others:  read a lot and write a lot.” – Stephen King Any questions? 😉

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Thought For the Day: Begin Now

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”   – Anne Frank  in Anne Frank’s Tales From the Secret Annex Every time I felt the least discouragement about writing or other projects … Continue reading

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