Tag Archives: Man

Thought For the Day: The Wisest Man Is He Who Does Not Fancy That He Is So At All

Posted on November 1, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.” – Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, poet and critic (1 Nov 1636-1711), in Satires, also known as Satire 4 (1716) The most authentic wisdom is humility, which recognizes … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Question Is Not What Rights Naturally Belong To Man, But How They May Be Most Equally and Effectually Guarded In Society

Posted on October 29, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The question is, not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.” – Roger Sherman

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Thought For the Day: The Most Dangerous Condition For A Man Or A Nation Is When His Intellectual Side Is More Developed Than His Spiritual. Is That Not Exactly the Condition of the World Today?

Posted on October 6, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual. Is that not exactly the condition of the world today?” – Arthur Conan Doyle

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Thought For the Day: God’s Reasons For Communicating With Man Must Be Subsumed Under His Reason For Communicating To Him His Account of His Creation of the World – and Man

Posted on September 20, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“God’s reasons for communicating with man must be subsumed under his reason for communicating to him his account of his creation of the world – and man.” – Claude Levi-Strauss, anthropologist and ethnologist

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Thought For the Day: Man Is the Only Animal That Blushes – Or Needs To

Posted on September 10, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Man is the only animal that blushes—or needs to.” – Mark Twain (November 1933)

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Thought For the Day: A Certain Amount of Opposition Is A Great Help To A Man. Kites Rise Against, Not With, the Wind

Posted on August 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.” – John Neal, author and critic (25 Aug 1793-1876)

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Thought For the Day: Man Must Evolve For All Human Conflict A Method Which Rejects Revenge, Aggression, and Retaliation. The Foundation of Such A Method Is Love

Posted on June 18, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

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Thought For Today: Fathering Is Not Something Perfect Men Do, But Something That Prefects the Man

Posted on June 16, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.” – Frank Pittman

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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respect. No Man Is Safe In His Opinion, …Person,…Faculties… Or His Possessions

Posted on May 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is … Continue reading →

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With An Idea In View

Posted on May 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

With An Idea In Viewby Michael DoyleWith an idea in viewI wished for a dream come trueAnd hope replaced my heartacheThat came from my last mistakeTrying my best to figure it outTaking my best shot at what it’s aboutFinding it … Continue reading →

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