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TCS: Wide Vistas of Improbability Become Possible
Good Morning! ______________________________ “Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?” ― Jane Goodall ________________ Make wars unprofitable and you make them impossible. ― A. … Continue reading
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Morning Open Thread: This is for Ruth, who “just forgot myself.”
Good Morning _______________________________ “… non-interference in the name of marital harmony quickly became an accepted feature of the criminal justice system. Instead of punishing domestic abusers, family courts encourage reconciliation. They also insisted family conflict, including violence, should remain private.” … Continue reading
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TCS: Let There Be Peace – So the Broken Can Rise Up and Dance
Good Morning! ______________________________ “Kindness has no religion.Religions are like narrow tracks but kindness is like an open sky.” ― Amit Ray,Nonviolence: The Transforming Power ________________ If man does find the solution for world peaceit will be the most revolutionary … Continue reading
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TCS: The Value of Bright Shiny Objects and The Meaning of We
Good Morning! _______________________________ “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”— Winston Churchill, UK Prime Minister during WWII ________________ “Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a … Continue reading
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TCS: Once the World Was Perfect
Good Morning! ______________________________ “Censorship is to art as lynching is to justice.” ― Henry Louis Gates Jr, author of The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross ________________ “If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are … Continue reading
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TCS: Awed By the Power of Words
Good Morning! ______________________________ “We live and breathe words …. It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them …” – Cassandra Claire, ‘Clockwork Prince’ ________________ … Continue reading
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TCS: Oh to Walk My Way With Kindness
Good Morning! ______________________________ It is easier to oppose evil from the beginning than at the end.—Leonardo da Vinci ________________ “When you tear out a man’s tongue, you arenot proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that … Continue reading
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TCS: Everything That Can’t Be Owned
Good Morning! ______________________________ Poetry has never been the language of barriers,it’s always been the language of bridges.– Amanda Gorman ________________ “Once a government is committed to the principleof silencing the voice of opposition, it has only oneway to go, … Continue reading
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TCS: Choose Your Bread and Your Company
Good Morning! ______________________________ “If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if … Continue reading
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