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Monthly Archives: December 2025
First Principles: Learning Is Not Attained By Chance, It Must Be Sought For With Ardor and Diligence
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.” – Abigail Adams
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Ardor, Chance, Diligence, First Principles, Learning, Sought
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Writings On My Wall
Writings On My Wallby Michael DoyleI sit here like some poor lost soul.I am regretful of the times I’ve lost control.Now, I sit here quiet as a church mouse,My fractured memories churn inside like a ghost house.Thinking of how like … Continue reading
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Tagged Abused, Church Mouse, Close, Colors, Control, Dedalus, Eagle, Fall, Ghost House, Hero, Illuion Walk, Inner Child, Life, Love, Nightmare, One-Piece Puzzle, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Profusion, Revulsion, Rhymes, Roar, Soar, Sorrow, Soul, Twisted Up, Wall, Wound, Writing
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Thought For the Day: The Ideal Subject of Totalitarian Rule Is Not the Convinced Nazi Or the Dedicated Communist, But People For Whom the Distinction Between Fact and Fiction, True and False, No Longer Exists
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.” – Hannah Arendt (We are living in dangerous times … Continue reading
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Tagged Communist, Distnction, Exist, False, Fiction, Hannah Arendt, Ideal Subject, Nazi, Thought For the Day, Totalitarin Rule, True
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First Principles: Think of the Father As A Spring of Life Begetting the Son Like A River and the Holy Ghost Like A Sea For the Spring, and the River and the Sea Are All of One Nature
“Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea, for the spring and the river and sea are all one nature. Think of the Father as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Branch, Father, First Principles, Fruit, Heat, Holy Ghost, John of Damascus, Life, One Nature, Rays, River, Root, Sea, Spring, Substance, Sun, The Son, Three Is One
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Finding Serenity
Finding Serenityby Michael DoyleWaking at the opening of the Advent Season,I find myself thinking about the reason.I’ve come alive in this house of worship.Hope is the cause of this right relationship.Feeling the beauty of the Lord’s creation,My heart soars, inspired … Continue reading
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Tagged Find, House of Worship, Poetry and Poems, Reason, Right Relationship, Serenity, The Advent Season
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Thought For the Day: Fame Is A Vapor, Popularity An Accident, and Riches Take Wings. Only One Thing Endures, and That Is Character
“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” – Horace Greeley
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Tagged Accident, Character, Endure, Fame, Horace Greeley, Popularity, Riches, Thought For the Day, Vapor, Wngs
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First Principles: Whoever Commands the Sea, Commands the Trade; Whoever Commands the Trade of the World Commands the Riches of the World
“Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.” – Walter Raleigh
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Tagged Comman, First Principles, Riches, Sea, Trae, Walter Raleigh, Who, World
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Thought For the Day: There Is A Higher Law Than the Constitution, Which Regulates Our Authority Over the Domain, and Devotes It To the Same Noble Purposes
“The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is a higher law than the constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it … Continue reading
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Tagged Authority, Common Heritage, Constitution, Creator, Domain, Happiness, Higher Law, Justice, Liberty, Manknd, Noble Purpose, Stewardhship, Stewards, Thought For the Day, Trust, Union, Walfare, William H.. Seward
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First Principles: Little Minds Are Tamed and Subdued By Misfortune; But Great Minds Rise Above Them
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.” – Washington Irving
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