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Monthly Archives: September 2023
First Principles: I Know No Safe Depository of the Ultimate Power of the Society But the People Themselves
“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading
First Principles: Labor To Keep Alive In Your Breast That Little Spark of Celestial Fire Called Conscience
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.” – George Washington (1748)
Truth Becomes A Life
Truth Becomes A Lifeby Michael DoyleLooking at life in its full-lengthWe find our hold on truth is our strengthWithout truth, life is merely a stumbleWith all around us in a constant crumbleThis is happening throughout our landAs I pray to … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: Defining Myself Is Like Confining Myself. So I Undefined Myself To Find Myself
“Defining myself is like confining myself. So I undefined myself to find myself.” – In-Q
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Tagged Confine, Define, Find, In-Q, Self, Thought For the Day, Undefine
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First Principles: Discretion Will Protect You, and Understanding Will Guard You. Wisdom Will Save you From the Ways of Wicked Men
“11Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. from men whose words are perverse” 12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men” – Proverbs 2:11-12
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Tagged Discretion, First Principles, Guard, Perverse, Protect, Proverbs 2:11-12, Save, Understanding, Ways, Wicked Men, Wisdom
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Just For Show
Just For Showby Michael DoyleCan you see meWhen I be me?Can you think and feel?How do I know what’s real?Can you see me?Can your love free me?I need to knowIf it’s more than just for showHere on this pageI’m free … Continue reading
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Tagged <e, Cage, Cave, Child's Play, Compel, Dabble, Death's Cage, Demise, Does, Feeling, Flame, Foolishness, Free, Funny, Know, Love, Moth, Name, Page, Peace, Pity, Plato, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Real, Release, Save, Search, See, Show, Stage, Surrender, Think and Feel, Trace, True, Unreachable, Unteachable, Want, Was, Wise
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First Principles: The Natural Flights of the Human Mind Are Not From Pleasure To Pleasure, But From Hope To Hope
“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.” – Samuel Johnson, Rambler No. 1 (March 24, 1750)
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Tagged First Principles, Flight, Hope, Human Mind, Natural, Pleasure, Rambler No.1, Samuel Johnson
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Thought For the Day: The Fingers of Your Thoughts Are Molding Your Face Ceaselessly
“The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly.” -Charles Reznikoff, poet (31 Aug 1894-1976)
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Tagged Ceaseless, Charles Reznikoff, Face, Fingers, Mold, Thought For the Day, Thoughts
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First Principles: The Great Principles of Right and Wrong Are Legible To Every Reader
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Aim, Art of Government, Counselor, Credit, Duty, Fail, First Principles, Great Principles, Honest, Legible, Mankind, People, Reader, Require, Right and Wrong, Self, Think
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