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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. - Thurgood Marshall Ingratitude often hides behind a mask of independence or self-sufficiency. An assertion of being "self-made" is a rejection of God, one's ancestors, and society. Your Genes, Place of Birth, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 25, 2025

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. - Carl Sagan The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. - Thomas Huxley What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit. - Ephesians 4:2-4 Gentleness, self-sacrifice, and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion. - Mohandas... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 23, 2025

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. - George Bernard Shaw The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude - William James We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 22, 2025

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough. - Frank Crane Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet. - African Proverb Trust yourself, then you will know how to live. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Anyone who doesn't take truth... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. - Lao Tzu When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. - Saint Francis de Sales Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a... Sign in to see full entry.

Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it. - Lao Tzu When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. - Saint Francis de Sales Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Fall seven times, stand up eight. - Japanese Proverb It is not because life is difficult that we do not dare. Life is difficult because we do not dare. - Seneca All things at first appear difficult. - Chinese proverb Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, remember that God... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones. - Publilius Syrus You can learn a lot from people who view the world differently from you. - Anthony J. D'Angelo Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. - George Bernard Shaw Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 18, 2025

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable. - George S. Patton The contradictions are what make human behavior so maddening and yet so fascinating, all at the same time. - Joan D. Vinge The curious paradox is that when I accept... Sign in to see full entry.

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