Category Archives: The Thought for the Day
Selections from Gaylon’s personal quotebook! Plus exciting commentary from Gaylon
Thought for the Day – February 10, 2016
Democracy had fallen by Plato’s formula: liberty had become license, and chaos begged an end to liberty. – Will Durant, The Story of Civilazation: Caesar and Christ. There are more than a few similarities between the Roman Empire before it fell and … Continue reading
Thought for the Day – February 9, 2016
Nothing is weaker than water, yet when united it can become a titanic force. It overcomes because it is relentless. – Deng Ming Dao, 365 Tao This is because water, like humans, must follow its path. Water has no other options. … Continue reading
Thought for the Day – February 8 2016
Insanity triumphed because sane people were silent. – Randy Shilts Randy, a reporter who died of AIDS in 1994, was writing about the utter lack of action on the part of the authorities at the start of the AIDS epidemic. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 7, 2016
For of those to whom much is given, much is required. – John F Kennedy. Kennedy, then a couple of weeks away from being inaugurated president of the United States, said these words as part of a longer passage in … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 6, 2016
These poor bastards. They’ve got us right where we want ‘em. We can shoot in every direction now. – Chesty Puller Chesty Puller remains one of the most legendary Marines in a Marine Corps filled with them. The above quote, … Continue reading
Thought for the Day – February 5, 2016
No one may hasten or alter his destiny. – Gore Vidal, Creation All of us were … Continue reading
The Thought For the Day – February 4, 2016
…the spirit of inquiry was alive here, and where it has free existence, ignorance cannot last. … Continue reading
Thought for the Day – February 3, 2016
The dreams that draw humanity forward seem always to be redeemed, if we believe in them strongly enough and pursue them with diligence and courage. – Richard Nixon Richard Nixon, of course, has a lot to answer for. He … Continue reading
Thought for the Day – February 2, 2016
It was the blood stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. – Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave The incident that inspired this passage comes from a … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 1, 2016
Fortune had betrayed him for the moment, and the world had turned against him. Victory was slipping from his grasp even as he stretched out his hand to seize it. But his arm was long. … Continue reading