A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on -- have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear -- what remains? Nature remains.-Walt Whitman, poet (31 May 1819-1892)
2023/05/31
2023/05/29
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We love those who know the worst of us and don’t turn their faces away.-Walker Percy, author (28 May 1916-1990)
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.-John F. Kennedy, 35th US president (29 May 1917-1963)
2023/05/26
2023/05/24
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who seem to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.-Rosanne Cash, singer-songwriter and author (b. 24 May 1955)
2023/05/23
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.-Margaret Fuller, author (23 May 1810-1850)
2023/05/22
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
When I am asked, “What, in your view, is the worst human rights problem in the world today?” I reply: “Absolute poverty.” This is not the answer most journalists expect. It is neither sexy nor legalistic. But it is true.-Mary Robinson, 7th President of Ireland (b. 21 May 1944)
2023/05/18
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
No man treats a motorcar as foolishly as he treats another human being. When the car will not go, he does not attribute its annoying behavior to sin; he does not say, "You are a wicked motorcar, and I shall not give you any more petrol until you go." He attempts to find out what is wrong and to set it right. An analogous way of treating human beings is, however, considered to be contrary to the truths of our holy religion.-Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, author, Nobel laureate (18 May 1872-1970)
2023/05/17
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
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. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we're in -- the one that we think is reality.-Alan Kay, computer scientist (b. 17 May 1940)
2023/05/16
Bicyclist brings white supremacists low with skilled heckling
I've been trying to find a hobby for the day I retire - this is in the top 5
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
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.-William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, Governor, and Senator (16 May 1801-1872)
2023/05/15
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.-Hal Borland, author and journalist (14 May 1900-1978)
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I feel fairly certain that my hatred harms me more than the people whom I hate.-Max Frisch, architect, playwright, and novelist (15 May 1911-1991)
2023/05/11
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.-Edsger W. Dijkstra, computer scientist (11 May 1930-2002)
2023/05/08
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
No two persons ever read the same book.-Edmund Wilson, critic (8 May 1895-1972)
2023/05/05
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
There are three ingredients to the good life; learning, earning, and yearning.-Christopher Morley, writer (5 May 1890-1957)
2023/05/04
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.-Horace Mann, educational reformer (4 May 1796-1859)
2023/05/03
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice.-Niccolo Machiavelli, political philosopher and author (3 May 1469-1527)
2023/05/02
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Man can be the most affectionate and altruistic of creatures, yet he's potentially more vicious than any other. He is the only one who can be persuaded to hate millions of his own kind whom he has never seen and to kill as many as he can lay his hands on in the name of his tribe or his God.-Benjamin Spock, pediatrician and author (2 May 1903-1998)
2023/05/01
Todays Thought
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Spend the afternoon. You can’t take it with you.-Annie Dillard, author (b. 30 Apr 1945)
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