“Tobacco kills more than 400,000 Americans a year. That’s more than suicide, traffic accidents, AIDS, murder, illicit drugs, and alcohol combined. But you won’t hear about that on the news.” – www.thetruth.com (20021108fr)
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Tobacco
“Every 8 seconds the tobacco industry loses a customer . . . because they die.” – www.thetruth.com (20021108fr)
Tobacco Advertising
“Tobacco advertising is like peer pressure with a 15 million dollar a day budget.” – www.thetruth.com (20021108fr)
Judaism, Torah Thought
“Spiritual thoughts are nice, but they have a tendency to evade practicalities. Like butterflies slipping through reality’s net, like birds drawn upward in flight. A thought of Torah, however, waits above your head like a reservoir of living waters. As ethereal as it may be, it needs only a small opening to burst and pour… Continue reading Judaism, Torah Thought
Tobacco
“Cigarette smoke contains 101 poisons. That’s 100 more than rat poison.” – www.thetruth.com (20021108fr)
Democracy, Capitalism, Socialism, Dictatorship
“Democracy in a Capitalist Republic is like Socialism in a Communist Dictatorship. Neither are a possibility.” – Warren Masterson [source not confirmed] (20021107th)
Blame, Change
“When you blame others, you give up a perfect opportunity to change.” – Stephen R. Covey (20021006su)
Christianity, Christ Likeness
“If Christians would really live according to the teachings of Christ, as found in the Bible, all of India would be Christian today.” – Gandhi (20021005sa)
Becoming What We Focus On
“You know what I told you yesterday about making faces. If you go on making faces like Piglet’s you will grow up to look like Piglet — and then think how sorry you will be.” – Kanga to Roo, From Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest (20020928sa)
War
“Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind…. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and… Continue reading War
Positive Thinking, Optimism
“My house burned down today. Oh, I have a much better view of the lake.” – Patch Adams (20020911we)
Miracles
“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein (20020911we)