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Thought For the Day: A Mother’s Love For Her Child Is Like Nothing Else In the World. It Knows No Law, No Pity, It Dares All Things and Crushes Down Remorselessly All That Stands In Its Path

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” – Agatha Christie

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First Principles: Persistence and Determination Alone Are Omnipotent

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Night Conceals A World But Reveals A Universe

“Night conceals a world but reveals a universe.” – Robert Browning

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Thought For the Day: We Proclaim Ourselves…the Defenders of Freedom, Wherever It Continues To Exist In the World, But We Cannot Defend Freedom Abroad By Deserting It At Home

“We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men … We proclaim ourselves, as indeed we are, … Continue reading

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First Principles: Nothing In This World Can Take the Place of Persistence. Persistence and Determination Alone Are Omnipotent

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: So Live In the Light of Resurrection and Renewal of This World, and of Yourself, In A Glorious, Never-Ending, Joyful Dance of Grace

“So live in the light of resurrection and renewal of this world, and of yourself, in a glorius, never-ending, joyful dance of grace.” – Tim Keller

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The Jester and the Reaper

The Jester and the Reaperby Michael DoyleIt is near impossibleTo look at the world capableOf not knowing great sorrow,And worried about tomorrow.I’ve seen love lostAt its tremendous cost.I watch children losing hope,As if at the end of life’s rope.I sit … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: You Do Not Belong To You. You Belong To the Universe

“You do not belong to you. You belong to the universe. The significance of you will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all you experience to … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: My Feelings Are Too Loud For Words and Too Shy For the World

“My feelings are too loud for wordsAnd too shy for the world.” – Dejan Stjanovic

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First Principles: Liberty Is A Word Which, According As It Is Used, Comprehends the Most Good and the Most Evil of Any In the World

“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.” – Oliver Ellsworth

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