“Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.” -Marguerite Gardiner, writer (1 Sep 1789-1849)
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Thought For the Day: Genius Is the Gold In the Mine, Talent Is the Miner Who Works and Brings It Out
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First Principles: Of Those Men Who Have Over Turned the Liberties of Republics, the Greatest Number Have Begun Their Career By Paying…Court To the People…and Ending Tyrants
“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.” -Alexander Hamilton (1787)
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You Cannot Hurt Me
You Cannot Hurt Me
by Michael Doyle
You cannot hurt me
It's beyond possibility
I am damaged goods
A babe lost in the woods
Of my own heart, my own mind
Like innocence left far behind
Every day I wake up numbed by pain
All of my good intentions, simply in vain
You cannot hurt me
More than I hate myself savagely
Worse than damaged goods
I burnt down my woods
So that there is nothing left to feel
Everything done now feels surreal
The mistakes made echo in my head
And every moment lived, I wish I were dead
Everything worth loving is dead
The monster inside plays in my head
And there is truly nothing left to say
This demon will never go away
(c) August 31, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Sign of Success For A Teacher Is To Be Able To Say, “The Children Are Now Working As If I Did Not Exist”
“The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist.” -Maria Montessori, educator (31 Aug 1870-1952)
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First Principles: Without Freedom of Thought There Can Be No Such Thing As Wisdom; and No Such Thing As Public Liberty, Without Freedom of Speech
“Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” -Benjamin Franklin (1722)
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First Principles: The Mild Voice of Reason…Is…Too Often Drowned…By the Clamors of An Impatient Avidity For Immediate and Immoderate Gain
“The mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain.” – James Madison (1788)
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Thought For the Day: The History of Liberty Has Largely Been the History of Procedural Safeguards
“The history of liberty has largely been the history of procedural safeguards.” – Justice FrankFurter1
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The Spiderhead of Practiced Madness
The Spiderhead of Practiced Madness
by Michael Doyle
Forced into our darkest compulsions
We have no sense but to feel revulsion
Slipped needle holds its riddle darkly
The truths revealed are shown starkly
The spider's head feels so libertine
Until examined for what it really means
Injected in the name of arcane science
There is a tripping point that exceeds conscience
Sometimes it's hard to remember who you were
Before the web of life became its blur
And it helps to hear that calm still voice
That reminds us that decisions made are our choice
It's a forced experiment hidden in self-darkness
That encloses each of us with its harshness
Called out like a bingo card that is half-filled
To win or lose is the draw quietly revealed
(c) August 29, 2022 Michael Doyle
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Thought For the Day: The Difference Between A Welfare State and A Totalitarian State Is A Matter of Time
“The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.” – author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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First Principles: The Press Is Impotent When It Abandons Itself To Falsehood, I Leave It To Others To Restore It To Its Strength, By Recalling It Within the Pale of Truth
“The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to its strength, by recalling it within the pale of truth.” – Thomas Jefferson (1805)
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