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Thought For the Day: The Secret of Breaking Rules In A Way That Works Is Understanding What the Rules Are In the First Place
“The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.” – Rick Wakeman
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First Principles: True Religion Does Not Draw Men Out of the World But Enables Them To Live Better In It and Excites Their Endeavors To Mend It
“True religion does not draw men out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.” – William Penn
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Tagged Draw, Enable, Enedeaovrs, Excite, First Principles, Live Better, Mend, Out, True Religion, William Penn, World
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For the Love Of God
For the Love of Godby Michael DoyleWe are offered advice every dayThere is no end to what people sayThough some things said are wiseOther things should open our eyes”For the love of God”, said in frustrationShould be redeemed without hesitationBecause … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, All Encompassing, Atonement, Believe, Commands, Conceive, Condemnation, Confidence, Consideration, Define, Expression, Eyes, Faith, Fear, For the Love of God, Forgiven, Frustration, Full Reality, God's Love, Grace, Gravity, Impression, Increments, Jesus, Life, Love, Loving Others, Mountain, No End, Nobility, Open, Overwhelm, Persevere, Poetry and Poems, Pours, Primary, Purity, Purpose, Redeem, Redemption, Refine, Sacred Love, Salvation, Steps, Understand, Walk, Wisdom, Wise, Words
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First Principles: This Is How We Know What Love Is: Jesus Christ Laid Down His Life For Us. And We Ought To Lay Down Our Lives For Our Brothers and Sisters
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” – 1 John 3:16
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Life Without Light
Life Without Lightby Michael DoyleLife without lightIs the color they died inDarker than nightIs the least of their sinsI can’t say you’ll like thisBut we need to risk regretFor all the world cried amissAt the lost beauty, we must regretSabbath … Continue reading
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Tagged Amiss, Calm, Color, Crimes, Dark, Depravity, Die, Doubt, End, Ends of Our Ropes, Friends, Glow, Graves, Hatred, Hearts, Hell, Hide, History, Hope, Humane, Humanity, Inside, Least, Life, Light, Lost Beauty, Madness, Melt, Never Forget, Night, No Way Out, Pages, Poetry and Poems, Prisoners, Regret, Remember, Risk, Sabbath Candles, Shot, Sin, Someday, Taint, Tears, The Other, Undone, Unfelt, Unifnished, World
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First Principles: Nothing Is of More Importance For the Public Weal, Than To Form and Train Up Youth In Wisdom and Virtue
“(N)othing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue…. I think also, general virtue is more probably to be expected and obtained from the education of youth, than from … Continue reading
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Tagged Adult Persons, Bad Habits, Benjamin Franklin, Body, Cure, Diseases, Education of Youth, Exhortation, Expect, First Principles, Form, General Virtue, Importance, Mind, Obtain, Prevent, Train, Vices, Virtue, Wisdom, Youth
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Thought For the Day: The Wise Man Does Not Discriminate; He Gathers All the Shreds of Light, From Wherever They May Come
“The wise man does not discriminate; he gathers all the shreds of light, from wherever they may come.” – Umberto Eco
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The Better Together Forever Gallery and Cultural Center
Announcing our new location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Iokina/71/80/20 Come enjoy the art gallery, live music, poetry readings, digital art and a film study of the best movies of the last 100 years.
