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First Electric Traffic Light Is Installed (1914)

Sunday, August 5th, 2012 | Quotes

Prior to 1914, there had been several attempts to create automobile traffic signals similar to those used by railroads, but it was only after a four-way electric signal was installed in Cleveland, Ohio, that the modern traffic light system began to take root. The signal had only two colors, green and red, but the three-color [...]

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. -Weil, Simone

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 | Quotes

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. -Weil, Simone

Poem of the day – Flower in the Crannied Wall by Lord Alfred Tennyson

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 | Quotes

Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower—but if I could understand What you are, root and all, all in all, I should know what God and man is. – Flower in the Crannied Wall by Lord Alfred Tennyson

Thought for Today – Getting Up Early

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 | Inspirational, Quotes

“Develop the habit of getting up early and sitting in silence. Read a peaceful thought and reflect on it. Write down some ideas about this thought. Return to silence, allowing these ideas to take root inside you. Share your ideas with a person close to you. This practice will help you accept and cope with [...]

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men. -Novalis

Saturday, September 24th, 2011 | Quotes

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men. -Novalis

Thomas Merton – Undivided Power

Monday, August 8th, 2011 | Quotes

“Like a grain of fire.. God plants His undivided power Buries His thoughts too vast for words In seed and root and blade and flower.” ~Thomas Merton

Gene Parker – Growth

Friday, May 6th, 2011 | Inspirational, Quotes

“Growth is like a vine that when it is first growing and trying to take root,it bares little or no fruit at all.” ~Gene Parker, FB