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Monthly Archives: July 2018
First Principles: Liberty Is Sacred When Rightly Understood
“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Comprehension, Divine, Evil, First Principles, Good, Liberty, Oliver Ellsworth, Perspective, Society
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Thought For the Day: In the Depth of Your Winter, Find Your Invincible Summer
“In the depth of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” – Albert Camus
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Tagged Albert Camus, Challenge, Depth, Individual, Invincible, Resources, Sorrow, Strength, Summer, Thought For the Day, Winter
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Daily Prompt – Rabbit
She sensed a certain degree of danger When she trusted in that stranger Following him down the rabbit hole And becoming consigned to her role Now she knows why the Cheshire cat smiles She’s gotten her own claws sharpened by … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice, Cheshire Cat, Claws, Daily Prompt, Danger, Hand, Leery, Looks, Magic, Rabbit, Rabbit Hole, Role, Smile, Stone, Stranger, Time, Tragic, Understand
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Thought For the Day: Absent Reason We Become Bigots, Fools or Slaves
“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.” – Lord Byron, poet (22 Jan 1788-1824)
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Tagged Ability, Bigot, Choice, Courage, Fool, Lord Byron, Reason, Responsibility, Self, Slave, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Our Society’s Children Should Be Educated and Taught the Principles of Freedom
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” – John Adams (1787)
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Tagged Children, Educated, First Principles, Freedom, Instruction, John Adams, Principles, Republic
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In Remembrance of An Autumn’s Storm
Asked her what things she loved most about Autumn. Wrote this in response: In Remembrance of An Autumn’s Storm by Michael Romani Arriving home to her warm, sweet embrace She kisses me slowly dancing face to face We listen outside … Continue reading
Daily Prompt – Bell
The wheel of life keeps turning around Always revealing, never concealing What waits for us all to be found When we face the truth, God be willing There it is just beyond that veil Striking true, clear as a ringing … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell, Belladonna, Blindness, Daily Prompt, Fallen Pride, Lady, Pain, Revealing, Right, Truth, Turn, Veil, Wheel of Life
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First Principles: Those Lacking Private Morality Will Lack Public Virtue
“If individuals be not influenced by moral principles; it is in vain to look for public virtue; it is, therefore, the duty of legislators to enforce, both by precept and example, the utility, as well as the necessity of a … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Time Is More Valuable Than Money
“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” — Jim Rohn
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Tagged Jim Rohn, Money, Scarcity, Thought For the Day, Time, Value
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Thought For the Day: People Love and Hate Unreasonably
“People hate as they love, unreasonably.” – William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (18 Jul 1811-1863)
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Tagged Hate, Humanity, Love, People, Thought For the Day, Unreasonable, William Makepeace Thackeray
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