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First Principles: Beware Lest You Lose the Substance By Grasping At the Shadow
“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.” -Aesop (c. 620–564 BC)
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Laws of Madness
Laws of Madnessby Michael DoyleSystematic failures that lead to sadnessAcross the nations are laws of madnessThat constantly flourish and prevailAll of these bringing us a living HellIt’s as if we’ve misconceived the operationThat leads us to those final conversationsVague, equivocal, … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: I Do Not Feel Obliged To Believe That the Same God Who Has Endowed Us With Sense, Reason, and Intellect Has Intended Us To Forgo Their Use
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” – Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)
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First Principles: It Is the Manners and Spirit of A People Which Preserve A Republic In Vigor
“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1781)
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Thought For the Day: Watch Your Thoughts, They Become Words; Watch Your Words, They Become Actions; Watch Your Actions, They Become Habits
“Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” – Frank Outlaw, paraphrasing a 19th Century English … Continue reading
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First Principles: It Is Very Imprudent To Deprive America of Any of Her Privileges
“It is very imprudent to deprive America of any of her privileges. If her commerce and friendship are of any importance to you, they are to be had on no other terms than leaving her in the full enjoyment of … Continue reading
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Have A Happy and Blessed Resurrection Day Sunday 2023!!
It is not the cross that should signify this day, not nearly so much as the empty tomb found when the stone was rolled away. The cross brought death. But it led the victory of the risen Christ who does … Continue reading
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First Principles: A New Commandment I Give To You, That You Love One Another, As I Have Loved You, That You Also Love One Another
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” – (John 13:34)
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Thought For the Day: Christianity, If False Is Of No Importance, and, If True, of Infinite Importance. The One Thing It Cannot Be Is Moderately Important
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.” – C.S. Lewis
