Tag Archives: Humanity

First Principles: Under the Clouds of War, It Is Humanity Hanging On A Cross of Iron

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not … Continue reading

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Longview

Longviewby Michael DoyleComing the faithful altogether,Our praise songs get increasingly better. Our savior in the manger was bornTo be our king, as he arrived that Christmas morn.Humanity often fails in its precision.We are prone toward sowing our own division.History shows … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: What Sunshine Is To Flowers, Smiles Are To Humanity…Scattered Along Life’s Pathway, the Good They Do Is Inconceivable

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” – Joseph Addison

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First Principles: Commercial Policy Should Hold and Equal and Impartial Hand: Neither Seeking Nor Granting Exclusive Favours or Preferences

“Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favours or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing … Continue reading

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Shift of Perspective

Shift of Perspectiveby Michael DoyleMy joy is hard to keep hid,All that is, my savior did.Jesus walked among us, His Father’s son.The three-in-one is the one-and-done.Walking head-on in the name of humanity,We escape the chains of empty vanity.Lifting our faces … Continue reading

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Illuminati, Part III: Only the Luddites

Illuminati, Part III: Only the Ludditesby Michael DoyleOnly the Luddites can save us now.It’s the only assurance of privacy, somehow.Terrorism and pandemics offer the pretenseWhile the foolishness of humanity has little defense.Anarchists and the Far Right have to unite,As we … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Love and Compassion Are Necessities, Not Luxuries. Without Them, Humanity Cannot Survive

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama

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Thought For the Day: When People Stop Talking, That’s When You Get Violence. When People Stop Talking, That’s When Civil War Happens, Because You Start To Think The Other Side Is Evil

“When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence. When people stop talking, that’s when civil war happens, because you start to think the other side is so evil and they lose their humanity.” – Charlie Kirk

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Happy Is Man’s Unknown Door

Happy Is Man’s Unknown Doorby Michael DoyleI see it thereIn your eyes.How life has taught,Making you more wise.Much of life Comes to us by surprise.Happy are those Who live past probable demise.Happy is the man who lives,Rising up from life’s … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Test of Leadership Is Not To Put Greatness Into Humanity, But To Elicit It, For the Greatness Is Already There

“The test of  leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” – James Buchanan

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