Tag Archives: Learned

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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To See Past Query

To See Past Queryby Michael DoyleMuch of life is conjecture and theory.We take for granted what should be a query.Like whether it’s more beautiful or wiseTo look into a sunrise or a lover’s eyes.We look at the wrong things for … Continue reading

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Living Waters Fill My Thirst

Living Waters Fill My Thirstby Michael DoyleLiving waters fill my thirstFreed by the love that I put firstMy King has paid the ransomHe has given me my place in His kingdomHis words are the wind in my sailsHis song is … Continue reading

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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man

“[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man…It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous. ” – George Washington (1790)

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In A Million Days

In A Million Daysby Michael DoyleI find myself drowning in the ocean of youIn all of the good things I’ve learned to be trueThere, deep within your beautiful, dreamy eyesIs my future that I’ve come to recognizeIt’s said that looks … Continue reading

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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man

“A good moral character is the first essential in a man…” – George Washington

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Thought For the Day: Everything You’ve Learned In School As “Obvious” Becomes Less and Less Obvious As You Begin To Study the Universe

“Everything you’ve learned in school as “obvious” becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There’s not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute … Continue reading

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First Principles: A Good Moral Character Is the First Essential In A Man…The Habits Contracted At Your Age Are Generally Indelible

“[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should … Continue reading

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First Principles: It Is Highly Important That You Should Endeavor Not Only To Be Learned But Virtuous

“It is … highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous.” – George Washington (1790)

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Wonderland Needed

Wonderland Needed (the Mad Hatter)by Michael DoyleWhen you clear your mindOf all the clatter and voicesWhat’s left behind, are the choicesIn our unwilling to be left behindAs we find in this hide and seekMuch of the world is mass confusionUntil, … Continue reading

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