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Thought For the Day: The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act So As To Elicit the Best In Others and Thereby In Thyself
“The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act so as to elicit the best in others and thereby in thyself.” -Felix Adler, professor, lecturer, and reformer (13 Aug 1851-1933) Why is it so hard for paid journalists to follow these ethical rules?
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Tagged Act, Best, Elicit, Felix Adler, Others, Self, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Though I Walk Through the Darkest Valley, I Will Fear No Evil
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I … Continue reading
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Tagged Comfort, Darkest Valley, Fear, First Principles, Green Pastures, Guide, Lie Down, Lord, Name's Sake, No Evil, Nothing, Pslams 23:1-4 (NIV), Quiet Pastures, Refresh, Right Paths, Rod, Shepherd, Soul, Staff, Walk
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To Yet Believe
To Yet Believeby Michael DoyleConfused by shadowsWe wonder at what we knowTo the heavens and to belowWe feint at what we might knowPerhaps spoken dreamsAre our best questsThe impossible, so it seemsGives us our best testsTo fight to right the … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Belong, Below, Brave Hearts, Call, Confuse, Courage, Destiny, Down-At-Heart, Dream, Dreamer, Earnest Hearts, End, Feint, Fight, Final Home, Give, Glory, Greatest Gift, Heart, Heaven, Heavens, Home, Impossible, Knight, Know, Lerry, Passing Years, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Quest, Recall, Reval, Right, Seem, Shadow, Start, Story, Tear, Test, Try, Weary, Wonder, Wrongs
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Thought For the Day: As Compared With Impulsive Commitment To the First Idea Which Dawns, That Is, With Intuitive Action, Reasoning Is Patient, Exploratory of Other Possibilities, and Deliberative
“As compared with impulsive commitment to the first idea which dawns, that is, with intuitive action, reasoning is patient, exploratory of other possibilities, and deliberative.” – Edwin Arthur Burtt (1892-1989)
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Tagged Commitment, Compare, Deliberative, EA Burtt, Exploratory, First Idea, Impulse, Intuitive Action, Patient, Possibilities, Reason, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Every Government Degenerates When Trusted To the Rulers of the People Alone. The People Themselves, Therefore Are Its Only Safe Depositories
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
Anger Blocks the Way
Anger Blocks the Wayby Michael DoyleAnger Seals away Steals away Keeps away Love Until the day We learn to say That which must be said Hope will be dead With disappointmentDanger Rules our decisions Without precision With the derision Keeping … Continue reading
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Tagged Again Right, Anger, Appointment, Arrow, Authenticity, Block, Build, Clarity, Darkness, Day, Dead, Decisions, Derision, Disappointment, Dnager, Faraway, Find, Flight, Forever More, Future, Guide, Hearts, Hold On Tight, Hope, Indecision, Integrity, Keeps Away, Learn, Life, Light, Lose, Love, Make Our Way, Morrow, Now, Past, Poetry and Poems, Precision, Put Away, Regain, Rules, Said, Say, Seal Away, See, Seek, Sincerity, Sorrow, Stay, Steal Away, Straight and Narrow, Tomorrow, True, Way
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The Fight For Nobility
The Fight For Nobilityby Michael DoyleTo fight for nobilityOften causes many to loseIn life’s lack of sensibilityWhich comes though we refuseThe Spanish InquisitionHad its inglorious powerThat it used without hesitationTo rule any given hourMadmen and poetsHave much in commonEven when … Continue reading
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Tagged Believe, Best, Born To Die, Broken Dreams, Brutality, Cause, Common, Confuse, Cure, Dare, Death, Desire, Destination, Dreams, Fight, Fool, Give, Grasp, Hesitation, Hour, Idle Talk, Inglorious Power, Judge, Knight, Life, Live, Lived, Lose, Madmen and Poets, Mirror, Moments, Nobility, Noble and True, Plain, Poetry and Poems, Pose, Prevail, Proverbs, Question, Real, Reality, Rebuild, Refuse, Rule, Seem, Sensibility, Test, The Spanish Inquisition, Truth, Why, Youth
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Thought For the Day: In the Presence of Eternity, the Mountains Are As Transient As the Clouds
“In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.” -Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (11 Aug 1833-1899)
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Tagged Clouds, Eternity, Mountain, Presence, Robert Green Ingersoll, Thought For the Day, Transient
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First Principles: The Whole Art of Government Consists In the Art of Being Honest. Only Aim To Do Your Duty, and Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” – Thomas Jefferson (1775)
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Tagged A Summary View of the Rights of British America, Aim, Art, Consist, Credit, Duty, Fail, First Principles, Government, Honest, Mankind, Thomas Jefferson
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It Comes Down To…
It Comes Down To…by Michael DoyleIt comes down to right responsibilitySown thoughts reaped within our capabilityTo become the character of our destinyThough unseen thoughts might disrupt our journeyGod thinks highly of us and so should weOur thoughts determine who we … Continue reading
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Tagged Capability, Character, Choices, Comes Down To, Consequences, Destiny, Journey, Poetry and Poems, Responsibility, Sown, Thoughts
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