“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.” -Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (14 Mar 1879-1955)
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Thought For the Day: The Pursuit of Truth and Beauty Is A Sphere of Activity In Which We Are Permitted To Remain Children All Our Lives
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First Principles: It Has Been A Source of Great Pain To Me To Have Met With So Many Among My Opponents Who Had Not the Liberality To Distinguish Between Political and Social Opposition
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” – Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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Thought For the Day: More Important Than Your Obligation To Follow Your Conscience, Or At Least Prior To It, Is Your Obligation To Form Your Conscience Correctly
“More important than your obligation to follow your conscience, or at least prior to it, is your obligation to form your conscience correctly.” – Antonin Scalia
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First Principles: To Listen Well Is As Powerful A Means of Communication and Influence As To Talk Well
“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.” – John Marshall
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Ever True
Ever True
by Michael Doyle
Chasing the stars to see where they lead
Dreaming the dreams needed to take seed
And grow into what it's meant to mean
The moves to be made are yet to be seen
With a turn of the page come the rules
Chilled to the bone and feeling old school
Moving past all fears to feel as we should
Every moment with you has been one understood
Holding you close in our timeless embrace
Feeling each feeling beyond its soul-felt trace
Safe in the harbor of your knowing heart
I've felt the vibes of home in you from the start
I feel the love laced within our connection
Spreading warm shifting in every direction
This is the love that seeks forever to survive
Yours is the spark of home that keeps love alive
The days we spend are kept in contemplation
Led as we are through all of life's temptations
I love and wait for each night that I spend with you
As passions are played, our hearts beat ever true
(c) March 14, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: The Natural Cure For An Ill-Administration, In A Popular or Representative Constitution, Is A Change of Men
“The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.” – Alexander Hamilton (1787)
Thought For the Day: Men Are Not Against You; They Are Merely For Themselves
“Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.” – Gene Fowler, journalist and author (8 Mar 1890-1960)
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The Something Better
The Something Better
by Michael Doyle
We all need our person we can go to
It's the heart and soul of me and you
Someone to fit in with who we are
The seventh string on a six-string guitar
We share ourselves molded like clay
To find the love that will forever stay
The laugh that will never leave
Wishing upon stars to magically believe
Speaking as we do from the heart
We come together as if works of art
It seems our souls bring it together
Pushing us beyond to that something better
We worry we will ever find acceptance
Wrapped in anxieties, in need of repentance
It's hard to share what must be received
If we're to go further without feeling deceived
Things in common and things felt different
Are equally weighted and to be held reverent
If these things are to bring us together
As we continue to become that something better
In this world filled with multiple choices
We hold tight to those small voices
The silent prayers as we hold on tight
Hoping this time that we'll get it right
The laugh in your beautiful smile
Suits the moments that make your style
As we walk into the little details
That brings our hearts to focus on what's real
The connections had become all the more
As we sell ourselves what's hidden behind the doors
We find our souls, bringing it together
As we push it forward into that something better
(C) March 13, 2024 Michael Doyle
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First Principles: Liberty Is A Word Which, According As It Is Used, Comprehends the Most Good and the Most Evil of Any In the World
“Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the mouths of some it means anything, which enervate a necessary government; excite a jealousy of the rulers who are our own choice, and keep society in confusion for want of a power sufficiently concentered to promote good.” – Oliver Ellsworth (1787)
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Thought For the Day: Don’t Ask Me Who’s Influenced Me. A Lion Is Made Up of the Lambs He’s Digested, and I’ve Been Reading All My Life
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life”. – Giorgos Seferis, writer, diplomat, Nobel laureate (13 Mar 1900-1971)
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