Tag Archives: Thought For the Day

Thought For the Day: For Evil To Take Place, the Acts of A Few People Are Not Sufficient; the Great Majority Also Has To Remain Indifferent

Posted on March 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent. That is something of which we are all quite capable.” – Tzvetan Todorov

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Thought For the Day: Success Depends In A Very Large Measure Upon Individual Initiative and Exertion, and Cannot Be Achieved Except By A Dint of Hard Work

Posted on February 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.” – Anna Pavlova

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Thought For the Day: If There Is Such A Thing As A Good Marriage, It Is Because It Resembles Friendship Rather Than Love

Posted on February 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”-Michel de Montaigne

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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Happiness of Life Is the Conviction That We Are Loved – Loved For Ourselves, Or Rather, Loved In Spite of Ourselves

Posted on February 27, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved — loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” – Victor Hugo, novelist and dramatist (26 Feb 1802-1885)

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Thought For the Day: The Pain Passes But the Beauty Remains

Posted on February 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The pain passes but the beauty remains.” -Pierre-Auguste Renoir, artist [responding to Matisse on why he painted in spite of his painful arthritis] (25 Feb 1841-1919)

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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

Posted on February 25, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” – C.S. Lewis

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Thought For the Day: We Never Get To the Bottom of Ourselves On Our Own. We Discover Who We Are Face To Face and Side by Side With Others In Work, Love, and Learning

Posted on February 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“We never get to the bottom of ourselves on our own. We discover who we are face to face and side by side with others in work, love and learning.” – Robert N. Bellah

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Thought For the Day: Love All, Trust A Few, Do Wrong To None

Posted on February 23, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” – William Shakespeare

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Thought For the Day: Education Perverts the Mind Since We Are Directly Opposing the Natural Development of Our Mind By Obtaining Ideas First and Observations Last

Posted on February 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Possession of Knowledge Does Not Kill the Sense of Wonder and Mystery. There Is Always More Mystery

Posted on February 21, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.” – Anais Nin

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