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“Respect a parliamentary king, and chearfully pay all parliamentary taxes; but have nothing to do with a parliamentary religion, or a parliamentary God.Religious rights, and religious liberty, are things of inestimable value. For these have many of our ancestors suffered and died; and shall we, in the sunshine of prosperity, desert that glorious cause, fromContinue reading “Thought for the day, Thursday 13th March”

“You gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are.” From Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1961) by Edward Albee, playwright (1928 – 2016), born on this day

“Meditation isn’t for avoiding problems or running away from difficulties. We don’t practice escaping. We practice so that we have enough strength to confront problems effectively. To do this, we must be calm, fresh, and solid. That is why we need to practice the art of stopping. When we learn to stop, we become calmer,Continue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 11th March”

“All that separates, whether of race, class, creed, or sex, is inhuman, and must be overcome.” Kate Sheppard, suffragette (1847 – 1934), born on this day

“I dwell in the shelter of the Most High.and abide in the shadow of the Holy One.I say, “You are my refuge and stronghold,my God in whom I put my trust.You will deliver me from the snare of the hunterand from all manner of evils.You will cover me with your pinionsand hide me in theContinue reading “Thought for the day, Sunday 9th March”

International Women’s Day “a woman can’t surviveby her own breathaloneshe must knowthe voices of mountainsshe must recognizethe foreverness of blue skyshe must flowwith the elusivebodiesof night windswho will take herinto herselflook at mei am not a separate womani am a continuanceof blue skyi am the throatof the mountainsa night windwho burnswith every breathshe takes” FromContinue reading “Thought for the day, Saturday 8th March”

“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.” John Herschel (1792 – 1871), polymath, born on this day

“To those who are wise, nothing more resembles that merciful spring whence all derive than every beauty to be found here.” Michelangelo (1475 – 1564), born on this day

Ash Wednesday “Be with us, O God, when we think of the wrongs we have done to other people; lest, hating ourselves for our evil-doing, we turn our hatred outward on to them. Help us to forgive ourselves, acknowledging that we are no better than we are; and then help us to believe that weContinue reading “Thought for the day, Wednesday 5th March”

“The many branches of science that observe the physical world and its relationship to the cosmos are profoundly privileged in that they bring their exponents into a close relationship with the teeming varieties of life… many scientists have discovered that the patterns revealed within the universe show an intelligent consistency and order that is bothContinue reading “Thought for the day, Tuesday 4th March”