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Thought For the Day: A Writer Needs Three Things, Experience, Observation, and Imagination, Any Two of Which, At Times Any One of Which, Can Supply the Lack of the Others
“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.” – William Faulkner, novelist (25 Sep 1897-1962)
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Tagged Experience, Imagination, Observation, Supply, Thought For the Day, Three Things, Times, Two, William Faulkner, Writer
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Like Leaves In Autumn
Like Leaves In Autumnby Michael DoyleA quintessential road trip brings to mindThat Autumn has come to leave Summer behindMany roads can be taken, traveling any wayTo capture the colors that make up our daysAutumn falls like leaves becoming flowersThere is … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, Baptismal Shower, Behind, Blanket, Breath, Breeze, Campire, Capture, Carved Smiles, Chill, Colors, Fall, Fall Winds, Flow, Flowers, Gift, Glow, Ground, Leaves, Life, Look, Mind, Mother Nature, Nature, Passing Hours, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Pumpkin, Rake, Reverence, Road Trip, Shift, Sky, Slow, Squirrels and Chipmunks, Summer, Travel, Trees, Winds of Change, Winter
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First Principles: The Bible Contains the Most Profound Philosophy, the Most Perfect Morality, and the Most Refined Policy That Ever Was Conceived Upon Earth. It Is the Most Republican Book In the World
“The Bible contains the most profound Philosophy, the most perfect Morality, and the most refined Policy, that ever was conceived upon Earth. It is the most Republican Book in the World.” – John Adams, in a letter to Benjamin Rush … Continue reading
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Tagged Book, Conceive, Earth, First Principles, John Adams, Perfect Morality, Profound Philosophy, Refined Policy, The Bible, World
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Thought For the Day: Autumn Is A Second Spring When Every Leaf Is A Flower
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus
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Tagged Albert Camus, Autumn, Flower, Leaf, Second, Spring, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Same Prudence Which In Private Life Would Forbid Our Paying Our Own Money For Unexplained Projects, Forbids It In the Dispensation of the Public Moneys
“The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” – Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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Tagged Dispensation, First Princples, Forbid, Money, Pay, Private Life, Prudence, Public Moneys, Thomas Jefferson, Unexplained Projects
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Thought For the Day: Very Few Established Institutions, Governments, and Constitutions…Are Ever Destroyed By Their Enemies Until They Have Been Corrupted and Weakened By Their Friends
“Very few established institutions, governments, and constitutions … are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened by their friends.” – Walter Lippmann, journalist (23 Sep 1889-1974)
Living On the Double-Edge
Living On the Double-Edgeby Michael DoyleIt’s one of the most intriguing dancesThis life under the God of second chancesRock solid beliefs guide my wayAs I live my best each and every dayKept alive by the library, we liveFrom this, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Account, Alve, Best, Bible, Christian, Christianity, Comprehend, Comprehension, Contain, Contradiction, Dance, Depth, Double-Edged Sword, Everyday, Expalin, Faith, Fulfilled, God, God of Second Chances, Guide, Hear It, Heresy, Intentional, Jesus, Justice and Mercy, Library, Life's Test, Living, Love and Forgive, Misidentify, New Testament, Obey, Old Testament, Pen-To-Pad, Penetrate, Personal Friend, Poetry and Poems, Revealed, Rock Solid Beliefs, Soul, Spirit, The Bible, The Cross, The Son, Two-For-One, Unbelievers, Vital Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Words and Promises, Written
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Thought For the Day: The Christian Does Not Think God Will Love Us Because We Are Good, But That God Will Make Us Good Because He Loves Us
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us; just as the roof of a sunhouse does not attract the sun because it is bright, … Continue reading
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Christian, God, Good, Love, Think, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Word of God Is Alive and Active. Sharper Than Any Double-Edged Sword, It Penetrates Even To Dividing Soul and Spirit, Joints and Marrow
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” – Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 