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First Principles: You Are Not Here Merely To Make A Living. You Are Here In Order To Enable the World To Live More Amply, With Greater Vision
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, … Continue reading
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Tagged Achievement, Ample, Enrich, Errand, First Principles, Greater Vision, Impoverish, Live, Living, Spirit of Hope, The World, Woodrow Wilson
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Thought For the Day: In the Middle of Every Difficulty Lies Opportunity
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Difficulty, Middle, Opportunity, Thought For the Day
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The Distance Between Now and Then
The Distance Between Now and Thenby Michael DoyleThere’s a hurt deep inside you.It makes you say things you shouldn’t do.Lashing out at things that aren’t true.I get this because I once loved you.I’m leaving you and thoughts of you behind.The … Continue reading
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Tagged Behind, Betrayal, Confusion, Distance, Healing, Hurt, Illusion, Lashing Out, Leaving, Life, Love, Loved, mental-health, Mind, Now and Then, Opened My Eyes, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Point, Recognize, Relationships, Say, Thoughts, True, Wish
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First Principles: We Must Dare To Be Great, and We Must Realize That Greatness Is the Fruit of Toil and Sacrifice and High Courage
“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.” – William Howard Taft
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Tagged Dare, First Principles, Fruit of Toil, Great, Greatness, High Courage, Realize, Sacrifice, William Howard Taft
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Thought For the Day: A Sound Head, An Honest Heart, and An Humble Spirit Are the Three Best Guides Through Time and To Eternity
“A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.” – Walter Scott
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Tagged Best Guides, Eternity, Honest Heart, Humble Spirt, Sound Head, Thought For the Day, Three, Time, Walter Scott
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Well Met In the Night
Well Met In the Nightby Michael DoyleWe meet in the night, hiding in the masqueradePretending, as we do, in our game of charade,That while we pretend to have no hint of fearThere’s security that gains us gathered here. Social wallflowers … Continue reading
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Tagged Borrowed Shoes, Charade, Children, Coal, Dance, Diamond, Eyes, Fear, Fiction, Giants, Gravity, High-Class, Legal Friction, Levity, Love, Masquerade, Night, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Pretend, Security, Social Wallflowers, Well Met
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Thought For the Day: The Mirror Reflects Your Image But Your Soul Reflects Your Beauty. In Every Glance, Every Tear, Every Smile, Your True Nature Shines Through
“The mirror reflects your image but your soul reflects your beauty. In every glance, every tear, every smile, your true nature shines through.” – Doe Zantamata
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Tagged Beauty, Glance, Image, Mirror, Reflection, Shine, Smile, Soul, Tear, Thought For the Day, True Nature
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First Principles: The Evils We Experience Flow From the Excess of Democracy. The People Do Not Want Virtue, But Are the Dupes of Pretended Patriots
“The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.” – Elbridge Gerry, Constitutional Convention (May 31, 1787)
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Tagged Constitutional Convention, Democracy, Dupes, Elbridge Gerry, Evil, Excess, Experience, First Principles, Pretended Patriots, The People, Virtue
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Voice Sang Soft
Voice Sang Softby Michael DoyleYour voice sang softly like a melody.It’s hard to say what it did to me.Then and there from the very start,Your love was gentle, blooming in my heart.Your smile might be your special power,As it captivated … Continue reading
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Tagged Begun, Belong, Better, Blindness, Bloom, Blow, Born, Choice, Complete and Strong, Distant Seasons, Everybody Knows, Eyes, Feel, Fire of Love, Flower, Forever, From, Future, Gentle, Glow, Grateful, Heart, Hearts Beat, Kind Words, Kindness, Life, Linger, Love, Magic, Melody, Miracle, Music, Night, Night Breeze, One, Poetry, Poetry and Poems, Power, Pray, Reason, Right, Same, Sang, Smile, Soft, Starlit Sky, Start, Together, Unforgettable, Voice, Walk, Words, Worlds, Writing, Your Love
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First Principles: To Befoul the Unholy Alliance Between Corrupt Business and Corrupt Politics Is the First Task of the Statesmanship of Today
“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of … Continue reading
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