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The Divine Vitality That Produces and Restores Life

April 23, 2006August 10, 2015 289 Views love, Lydia Maria Child

The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word ‘love’. It is the divine vitality that everywhere produces and restores life. It’s hard to find anything to question to disagree on with this quote by Child. It goes back to second greatest commandment of Christianity, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” As I’ve said before, we could throw out the entire Bible, and just try to follow those to greatest commandments, and not only would we be occupied for our entire life, but the world would be a much better place for everyone.

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The Golden Opportunity Is In Yourself Alone

April 22, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 1105 Views Success, Orison Swett Marden, Success Magazine

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck

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The Great Opportunity Is Where You Are

April 21, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 1136 Views intention, John Burroughs, Opportunity

Burroughs is trying to remind us that its easy to look far away and imagine great deeds we could accomplish, but the important thing is to be in the here and now, and make something of the current situation.

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Make the Circumstances You Want

April 20, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 1086 Views George Bernard Shaw, Literature, Nobel Prize

George Bernard Shaw was a freethinker, defender of women’s rights, and advocate of equality of income. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He most certainly knew his share of failures, but continued on to become one of the leading literary figures of his time.

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Honesty Pushes You Forward

April 19, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 1101 Views Lies, Success, Forces, Honesty

Sugarman is basically saying that honesty is the best policy. He’s stating his belief that if you are truthful in your dealings with others, you will improve your chances of success.

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Choose The Way Of Life

April 18, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 1108 Views love, choice, choosing, Leo Buscaglia

Choose the way of life. Choose the way of love. Choose the way of caring…Choose the way of goodness. It’s up to you. It’s your choice. –Leo Buscaglia

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Emerson Explains Karma

April 17, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 1250 Views karma, Ralph Waldo Emerson

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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An Idea Whose Time Has Come

April 14, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 1156 Views John Kennedy, Power, Apollo, Armies, Ideas

Today’s Smart Thought is by an anonymous author. It speaks of the power of ideas. The ability of an idea to change the world is well known. Most recently, think of the internet. It was designed for the government to be able to communicate in the event of nuclear war, but it has managed to change society and business forever.

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The Advantages of Heaven and Hell

April 13, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 1127 Views sex, Mark Twain, Heaven, Hell, Intercourse

We started our series on Smart Thoughts with Mark Twain, so it shouldn’t surprise you that I love many of his writings, and have lots of his sayings on this site. On of my favorite writings by Twain is his “The War Prayer.” It’s a short essay, and if you have never read it, you should.

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Deep Thoughts: The Series

April 12, 2006September 29, 2018 B. John 1166 Views Mark Twain

I’m not sure if you have noticed, but in the upper corner of the sidebar there is a random saying