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First Principles: Never Suppose In Any Possible Situation, Or Under Any Circumstances, It Is Best For You To Do A Dishonorable Thing

“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Now I See the Secret of the Making of the Best Persons. It Is To Grow In the Open Air and to Eat and Sleep With the Earth

“Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” – Walt Whitman, poet (31 May 1819-1892)

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First Principles: We Don’t Inherit the Earth From Our Ancestors, We Borrow It From Our Children

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb

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Thought For the Day: Forget Not That the Earth Delights To Feel Your Bare Feet and the Winds Long To Play With Your Hair

“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” – Khalil Gibran

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Disciples By Grace

Disciples By Graceby Michael DoyleJesus allows us to questionAccepting this without hesitationThough He was given all authorityHe charges His disciples authenticallyTo go and spread the good newsWhile allowing differing viewsThere was room for strategies and doubtWhile spreading the good news … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Earth Provides Enough To Satisfy Every Man’s Needs, But Not Every Man’s Greed

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed” – Mahatma Gandhi

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A Rebellion Begins In Questions

A Rebellion Begins In Questionsby Michael DoyleSome seek truth with hesitationWhile others cannot form the questionsOften, answers arrive with simplicityUntangled as these are from the world’s complexityFaith belongs aside it’s sister, reasonComplementing each within its seasonEach tempers the other as … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Rain Is Grace; Rain is the Sky Descending To the Earth; Without Rain, There Would Be No Life

“Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.” – John Updike

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A Nephilim Hypothesis

A Nephilim Hypothesisby Michael DoyleThere were legends of giants in those daysWho walked the earth living beside manThe Bible explains their different waysAs sons of God from the daughters of manJust who were the NephilimWho lived in a past that … Continue reading

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Sea Fire

Sea Fireby Michael DoyleI brush the strands of your long hairIt is as soft as the finest silkI can feel it as you stand thereAnd we talk about the seas white as milkAs our ship passes through deep blue waterStanding … Continue reading

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