Category Archives: The Thought for the Day
Selections from Gaylon’s personal quotebook! Plus exciting commentary from Gaylon
The Thought for the Day – Henry David Thoreau
The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest. – Henry David Thoreau, lecture at Concord Lyceum, unknown date. Henry David Thoreau, who is no … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Frederick Douglass
As I writhed under it, I would at times feel that learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing. It had given me a view of my wretched condition, without the remedy. It opened my eye to … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – William E Woodward
[he] taught with a fervid, burning passion, like that which moves martyrs and heroes. – William E Woodward, The Way Our People Lived William E Woodward (1874-1950) was an American writer. Rather versatile, he wrote novels and biographies as well … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Schopenhauer
Men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man is contributes more to his happiness than what he has. – Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer was a German … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Michael Bennett
This is our diamond and must be treated like a diamond. Never settle. It’s never good enough until it is your best. – Michael Bennett, Creator, A Chorus Line Michael Bennett was an American dancer, choreographer and director. In addition … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Alexis de Tocqueville
If we save ourselves, we save at the same time all the nations which surround us. If we perish, we shall cause all of them to perish with us. – Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy In America Alexis de Tocqueville was … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Will Durant
…they decided that to eat state corn in the city was better than to sweat on the land…Sloth combined with superstition…Wealth mounted, but did not spread. A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within. … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Moussa
Some people have long lives, some people have short lives. – Moussa Moussa is a friend of ours. Originally we presumed he was from Senegal, but we recently found out he hails from the Ivory Coast. He is working hard … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Jean-Francois Steiner
It is not the first steps but the last ones that are most difficult. – Jean-Francois Steiner, Treblinka Jean-Francois Steiner is French writer whose father died in a German concentration camp and Treblinka is a historical novel about the Nazi … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – MacKinlay Kantor
…taking in a sight he might never see again… MacKinlay Kantor, Andersonville MacKinlay Kantor was an American writer and Andersonville was a novel that earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956. Andersonville was the name of a Confederate … Continue reading