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Thought For the Day: The Christian Does Not Think God Will Love Us Because We Are Good, But That God Will Make Us Good Because He Loves Us

 “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a sunhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: What Power Has Love But Forgiveness?

“What power has love but forgiveness?” – William Carlos Williams, poet (17 Sep 1883-1963)

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Thought For the Day: We All Have Our Time Machines. Some Take Us Back, They’re Called Memories. Some Take Us Forward, They’re Called Dreams

“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” – H.G. Wells, in The Time Machine

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Thought For the Day: Courage Is the Greatest of All Virtues, Because If You Haven’t Courage, You May Not Have An Opportunity To Use Any of the Others

“Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.” – Samuel Johnson

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Thought For the Day: The Most Important Scientific Revolutions All Include, As Their Only Common Feature, the Dethronement of Human Arrogance

“The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance.” -Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist, biologist, author (10 Sep 1941-2002)

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Thought For the Day: I Cannot Think of Any Need In Childhood As Strong As the Need For a Father’s Protection

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” – Sigmund Freud

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Thought For the Day: The Most Reliable Way To Predict the Future Is To Create It

“The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

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Thought For the Day: When One Person Is Missing the Whole World Seems Empty

“When one person is missing the whole world seems empty.” – Pat Schweibert, Tear Soup: A Recipe for Healing After Loss

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Thought For the Day: Not What We Experience, But How We Perceive What We Experience, Determines Our Fate

“Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.” – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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