Tag Archives: Friendship

First Principles: It Should Be Our Endeavor To Cultivate the Peace and Friendship of Every Nation

““It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation.” – Thomas Jefferson (1787)

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In Moving Pictures

In Moving Picturesby Michael DoyleDrawing on our life’s experienceThere are characters of preference.They serve as molds of imagination.So much of life is pure improvisation.The charm that got us byAs we hustled to give life our try.The shots of the frame-by-frameAre … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Wishing To Be Friends Is Quick Work, But Friendship Is A Slow Ripening Fruit

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” – Aristotle

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Growing Our Intimacy

Growing Our Intimacyby Michael DoyleWe have so little time for introspectionAs we approach life with our expectationsSometimes it’s an easy flow of conversationOther times, we’re micro-managing our destinationBeing present and being openly hereIs the experiment of what might disappearAs our … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: If There Is Such A Thing As A Good Marriage, It Is Because It Resembles Friendship Rather Than Love

“If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.”-Michel de Montaigne

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Time and Illusion

Time and Illusionby Michael DoyleWalking through life’s many milesI count my wins by my smilesSome might think I’ve been abusedBut mostly, I stand amusedAll the countless false chargesDesigned by enemies to somehow enlargeThe bad things I’ve sometimes doneIn the end, … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Friendship Multiplies the Good In Life and Divides the Evil

“Friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evil.” – Baltasar Gracian

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Thought For the Day: One’s Life Has Value So Long As One Attributes Value To the Life of Others, By Means of Love, Friendship, Indignation, and Compassion

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation, and compassion.” -Simone de Beauvoir, author and philosopher (9 Jan 1908-1986)

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Thought For the Day: In A Series of Acts of Kindness There Is, At Last, One Which Makes the Heart Run Over

“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over. So in a series of acts of kindness there is, at … Continue reading

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On A Friendship

On A Friendshipby Michael DoyleFriendship is like a storyA melody that catches and belongsThere in the ways of trustIs a love that grows as it mustChildren play at their gamesWe play our own, just the sameBelieving in things hard to … Continue reading

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