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Thought For the Day: It’s Always Wise To Seek the Truth In Our Opponents’ Error, and the Error In Our Own Truth
“It’s always wise to seek the truth in our opponents’ error, and the error in our own truth.“– Reinhold Niebuhr, in the Forward of The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1944) — The man who really did … Continue reading
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Tagged Arguments, Bible, Disaster, Duality, Error, Faith, God, Justice, Love, Opponent, Original Sin, Plans, Prayer, Rienhold Niebuhr, Seek, Selflessness, Serenity Prayer, Soul, Spirituality, The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, Thought For the Day, Truth, Understand, Virtue, Wisdom, Wise
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First Principles: I’ve Always Felt That A Person’s Intelligence Is Directly Reflected By the Number of Conflicting Points of View He Can Entertain Simultaneously On the Same Topic
“I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.” – Abigail Adams, “Letters of Mrs. Adams: The Wife of John Adams”, p.539 — … Continue reading
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Tagged abigail, Abigail Adams, Betterment, Classical Liberal Arts, Classroom, Colonial Period, Conflicting Points, Dsicussion, Education, Effort, Encourage, Entertain, Fallacies, Felt, First Principles, Formal Education, History, Ignorance, Intelligence, John Adams, Letters of Mrs. Adams: The Wife of John Adams, Library, Off-Limits, Reflect, Route Answers, Same Topic, School, Self-Taught, View
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Wondering About My Errors
Wondering About My Errorsby Michael DoyleI have been looking in the mirrorRevisiting all my errorsI have been thinking about the pastAll the beliefs that didn’t lastThe Devil visits my mindShowing ruins that I left behindBurning bridges to yesterdayIt seems so … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon, Belief, Belligerent Youth, Burning Bridges, Castaway, Devil, Different Light, Done, Dreaming, Drift Away, Emotional Targets, Error, Errors, Fortune, Frontiers, Identity, LandMines, Living Life, Long Way, Lost Child, Love, Me, Memory, Mirror, Moments, Music, No Man's Land, Ocean Away, Past, Poems, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Punchline, Ramble On, Ruins, Sheltering Sky, Sleep, Species, Tears, Truth, Weep, Why, Wonder, Writing, Yesterday
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First Principles: Liberty Will Not Long Survive the Total Extinction of Morals
“Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.” – Samuel Adams, in the record of the Second Continental Congress, April 30, 1776 — American sentiment is to be toward acting as docile slaves or standing up for the … Continue reading
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Tagged British Crown, Cancel Culture, Christian Values, Democratic Party, Documented History, Dpci, First Principles, Freedom, Freedom and Liberty, Freedom of Thought and Speech, History, John Scollay, Liberty, Morality, Morals, Philosophy, Politics, Public Happiness and Liberty, Sa, Samuel Adams, Second Continental Congress, Sentiment, Slave, Survive, Total Extinction
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When I Search My Heart
When I Search My Heartby Michael DoyleStanding atop the mountain peakI find the peace needed to speakWalking with my Lord, I find healingRevealed in this peaceful feelingI stand watching the sun riseSeeding the beauty of God before my eyesSetting aside … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, God, Healing, Heart, Lord, Mountain Peak, Peace, Peaceful Feeling, Poetry and Poems, Search, Speak, Sun Rise, Walk
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First Principles: Virtue Or Morality Is A Necessary Spring of Popular Government. The Rule Indeed Extends With More Or Less Force To Every Species of Free Government
“Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every species of free Government.” – George Washington, Farewell Address (1796) — George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796) can be read … Continue reading
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Tagged America, George Washington, History, Politics, Travel
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Thought For the Day: Thoughts Are Like Arrows, Once Released They Strike Their Mark. Guard Them Well Or One Day You May Be Your Own Victim
“Thoughts are like arrows, once released they strike their mark. Guard them well or one day you may be your own victim.” – Navajo Saying — Navajo (“Dine”) culture has many proverbs beyond human memory. Such wisdom lasts for generations … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrows, Dine, Guard, Mark, Navajo Proverb, One Day, Thought For the Day, Thoughts, Victim
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Thought For the Day: The First Duty of A Man Is To Think For Himself
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself.” – Jose Marti, Hombre del Campo — This is only a partial quote. The full quote is “The first duty of a man is to think for himself. For … Continue reading
First Principles: America Will Never Be Destroyed From the Outside. If We Falter and Lose Our Freedoms, It Will Be Because We Destroyed Ourselves
This quote has been determined to be false and yet is still used and attributed to Abraham Lincoln on numerous pages. “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, America, Destroy, Falter, First Principles, Freedoms, Lose, Outside, We Destroyed Ourselves
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 