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Thought For the Day: There Are Worse Things Than War
As Memorial Day in the United States of America rapidly approaches, this thought comes to mind: “War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged Freedom, John S Mill, Memorial Day, Price, The Contest In America, Thought For the Day, War
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Thought For the Day: The True Test of Civilization Is Revealed In Character
“The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops – no, but the kind of man the country turns out.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson For an interesting take on how the above … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: A Hero Understands Responsibility
“I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom” – Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize winning Singer-Songwriter This quote is from his interview included with the 1985 career spanning Biograph compilation of some … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: A House Is Not A Home
“A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body” – Margaret Fuller (American journalist, critic, and women’s rights advocate) To find out more about this brilliant find that paved … Continue reading
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Tagged Body, Home, House, Margaret Fuller, Mind, Thought For the Day, Women's Rights
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Wait For the Approval of All
“Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till al commend.” – Alexander Pope
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Tagged Alexander Pope, Approval, Don't Wait, Poet, Thought For the Day, True Merit
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Thought For the Day: Creativity Is a Transition From One Context To Another
“Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the Aha. Art also has this element. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aha, Alan Kay, Computer, Context, Creativity, Laughter, Thought For the Day
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Thought For the Day: A Society Must Be Just and Humane
As a general truth, communities prosper and flourish, or droop and decline, in just the degree that they practise or neglect to practise the primary duties of justice and humanity. The free-labor system conforms to the divine law of equality, … Continue reading
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Tagged Communities, Consciences, Context, Equality, Flourish, Free Labor, Humanity, Justice, Prosper, Thought For the Day, William H Seward
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Thought For the Day: A Mother’s Love Is the Veil of Softer Light
“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Tagged Heart, Heavenly Father, Mothe, Mother's Day, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Softer Light, Thought For the Day, Veil
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Thought For the Day: Only Kindness Shows the Greatness of the Soul
“Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.” – Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire; preacher, journalist and activist (May 12, 1802 -November 21, 1861)
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