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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Thought For the Day: Practice Humility
“These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one’s self. To mind one’s own business. Not to want to manage other people’s affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Dignity, God, Grace, Humility, Kindness, Love, Mother Teresa, The Joy In Loving, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The School for Scandal – Richard B Sheridan
The School for Scandal, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre, on May 8, 1777. Sheridan was a renown Irish satirist, playwright and poet. He is buried at Poet’s Corner in Westminster … Continue reading
First Principles: A Person’s Home Is Their Castle
“One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house is his castle.”– James Otis, On the Writs of Assistance (1761)
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Tagged Castle, English, First Principles, Freedom, Home, James Otis, Liberty, On the Writs of Assistance
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WordPress Daily Prompt – Quill
Feathered Tickle:
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A Different Sort of Hero
https://flic.kr/p/qUW7Km A Different Sort of Hero by Michael Romani There is a different Sort of hero today We hold just as reverent Those who touch in this way There are those who make us think Taking us right to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridges, Dream, F-Stop, Hero, Photography, Poetry, Revelation, Touch, Trauma, Trusting, Truth to Power
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Thought For the Day: The Voice of Opposition Should Not Be Silenced
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all … Continue reading
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Tagged Government, Harry Truman, Opposition, Repression, Security, Silenced, Terror, Thought For the Day, United States, Voice
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Utopia – Thomas More
Utopia‘s proper title is De Optimo rei publicae deque nova insula Utopia. The literal translation of the title is “Of a republic’s best state and of the new island Utopia”. Its original title was even longer. It is interesting to … Continue reading
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Tagged Dialogue of Counsel, Harvard Classics, Philosphic Rule, Plato, Realistic, The Republic, Thomas More, Utopia
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WordPress Daily Prompt – July 6, 2017 – Tether
Chains of Greed
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First Principles: Good Morals Are the Only True Support of Good Government
“For avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy… the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I believe that religion is the only solid base of morals and that morals are the only possible support … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchy, Despotism, Duties, Education, Exremes, First Principles, Free Government, Freedom, Morals, Religion
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Thought For the Day: The Mind and Heart Both Need To Be Educated
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” – Aristotle On the importance of learning, teaching and sharing ethical values: http://pages.stolaf.edu/ein/getting-started/why-study-ethics/ Should you wish to read Ethics by Aristotle, it may be read in its entirety here: … Continue reading
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