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Thought For the Day: The Intellect of Man Is Forced To Choose, Perfection of the Life, Or of the Work
“The intellect of man is forced to choose / Perfection of the life, or of the work, / And if it take the second must refuse / A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.” -William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate … Continue reading
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Tagged Choose, Dark, Heavenly Mansion, Intellect, Life, Mankind, Perfection, Rage, Refuse, Thought For the Day, William Butler Yeats, Work
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Thought For the Day: You Say That Freedom of Utterance Is Not For Time of Stress, and I Reply With the Sad Truth That Only In Time of Stress Is Freedom of Utterance In Danger
“You say that freedom of utterance is not for time of stress, and I reply with the sad truth that only in time of stress is freedom of utterance in danger… Only when free utterance is suppressed is it needed, … Continue reading
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Tagged Danger, Freedom of Utterance, Justice, Needed, Reeply, Thought For the Day, Time of Sress, Truth, Vital, William Allen White
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First Principles: Were We Directed From Washington When To Sow, and When To Reap, We Should Soon Want Bread
“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” – Thomas Jefferson (1821)
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Tagged Bread, Direct, First Principles, Reap, Sow, Thomas Jefferson, Want, Washington
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In Our Pain
In Our Painby Michael DoyleIn that momentI saw beyond myselfThrough my tearsTo someone elseI had walkedBeyond the shadow of deathAs the spirits talkedWhispering under breathAlways so selfishAnd filled with needsFor things never mineTo find myself freedInto life’s stormTurned with a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Single Tear, Beyond, Beyond Myself, Bound, Damned, Death's Door, Deliverance, Each of Us, Enter, Eye, Forbidden Key, Forgiving, Freed, Goodbye, In Our Pain, Living, Meant, Mine, Moment, Moment of Life, Moments, Needs, Passing Year, Poetry and Poems, Price of Love, Promises, Recompense, Said, See, Seen, Selfish, Shadow of Death, Spirits Talk, Storm, Symbols, Tears, Together, Unexplained, Walk, Whisper
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Thought For the Day: Change Is the Law of Life, and Those Who Look Only To the Past and Present Are Certain To Miss the Future
“Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future” – John F. Kennedy
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Tagged Certain, Change, Future, John F. Kennedy, Law of Life, Look, Past, Present, Those, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Interest of the Man Must Be Connected To the Constitutional Rights of the Place
“The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government.” – James Madison (1788)
To the New Sunrise
To the New Sunriseby Michael DoyleHand to heart, heart to handI wish only that you understandThat even if it weren’t for all your charmI would never wish to bring you harmWhen and wherever you may goYou take my care beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged Betteer, Brave, Care, Charm, Comfort, Deeper, Desire, Dream, Eyes, Feel, Fire, Forward, Greet, Hand, Harm, Heart, Inspire, Joy, Known, Life, Lifetimes, Light, Love, Make Love Real, Memories, Memory, Morning Light, New, Playfulness, Poetry and Poems, Refuge, Restless, Reverie, Safe, Sense of Peace, Sunrise, Tire, Toward, Understand, Warmth, Wish, Words, World
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First Principles: Ambition Must Be Made To Counteract Ambition
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: A Great Deal of Intelligence Can Be Invested In Ignorance When the Need for Illusion Is Deep
“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.” – Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005
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Tagged Deep, Ignorance, Illusion, Intelligence, Invest, Need, Saul Bellow, Thought For the Day
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