Tag Archives: Thought

Thought For the Day: Maybe Christmas Is Something More Than What Comes From Stores

Posted on December 21, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without packages, boxes or bags!… Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas … perhaps … means a … Continue reading →

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In the Shimmer

Posted on December 10, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Will there come a day that AI becomes more human than human? What would the implications be if AI comes to replicate itself by fusing with other AI? What about if AI developed feelings and the desire to create as … Continue reading →

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Eloquence of the Nothing Said

Posted on November 16, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Sometimes whispers speak fairly loudly. Eloquence of Nothing Said by Michael Romani There’s an eloquence In the nothing said Sweet hand of Providence Rested upon his head Whispers of sacred not Abides the man who believes Wrapped in a simple … Continue reading →

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First Principles: A Debt of Gratitude Is Owed To All Veterans and Their Families, Especially Wives

Posted on November 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, ‘What should be the reward of such sacrifices?’ … If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in … Continue reading →

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Daily Prompt – Angel

Posted on June 30, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

Somewhere in the eternal an angel silently shrieks There in the infinite loss of which we seldom speak The horror of it all is probably worse than thought When we’ve forgotten what really should be sought I’ll hold you close … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Heresies In Politics and Religion Are Rarely Cured By Persecution

Posted on February 19, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.” – Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 1 (1787) … Continue reading →

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Pascal – Discourse On the Passion of Love

Posted on February 14, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

We have previously discussed the life and legacy of Blaise Pascal. This being Valentine’s Day, it seems there might be no better time than today to introduce his Discourse On the Passion of Love. Discourse on the Passion of Love may … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Wit and Wisdom Found In Writing Is As Much Ours

Posted on January 4, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.” – Pierre Bayle, philosopher and writer (1647-1706) This super-skeptic found that in … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Thought Is the Blossom

Posted on November 28, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

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Thought For the Day: Writing Is the Great Invention of the World

Posted on October 25, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“Writing—the art of communicating thoughts to the mind, through the eye—is the great invention of the world…—great, very great in enabling us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn, at all distances of time and of space.” … Continue reading →

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