Tag Archives: Mankind

First Principles: The Greatest Kindness One Can Render To Any Man Consists In Leading Him From Error To Truth

Posted on May 13, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.” – Thomas Aquinas

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First Principles: Religion, In Its Purity, Is…Obedience To God In Improvement of Self and Benevolence To Men

Posted on April 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Religion, in its purity, is not so much a pursuit as a temper; or rather it is a temper, leading to the pursuit of all that is high and holy. Its foundation is faith; its action, works; its temper, holiness; … Continue reading →

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Dire Consequences

Posted on April 11, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Dire Consequencesby Michael DoyleBack breeding and use of DNA sequenceWithout thinking of possible consequencesSeems so easily at our potential expenseThat I struggle to make it make any senseYes, what we have lost was wonderfulAlmost all of it has been something … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Liberty Consists In the Freedom To Do Everything Which Injures No One Else

Posted on February 18, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Are Only Two Kinds of Men: the Righteous Who Think They Are Sinners and the Sinners Who Think They Are Righteous

Posted on February 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.” – Blaise Pascal

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Thought For the Day: Nearly All Men Can Stand Adversity, But If You Want To Test A Man’s Character, Give Him Power

Posted on February 12, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” -Abraham Lincoln, 16th US President (12 Feb 1809-1865) (In Remembrance of Lincoln’s Birthday!)

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Thought For the Day: What For Centuries Raised Man Above the Beast Is Not the Cudgel But the Irresistible Power of Unarmed Truth

Posted on February 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.” – Boris Pasternak, poet, novelist, Nobel laureate (10 Feb 1890-1960)

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Thought For the Day: A Man May Commit Sin and Yet Be Ignorant of It, and Fancy Himself Innocent When He Is Guilty…We Shall Do Well To Remember That

Posted on February 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“A man may commit sin and yet be ignorant of it, and fancy himself innocent when he is guilty… We shall do well to remember that when we make our own miserably imperfect knowledge and consciousness the measure of our … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: There Comes A Point When A Man Must Refuse To Answer To His Leader If He Is Also To Answer To His Own Conscience

Posted on February 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.” – Hartley William Shawcross

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

Posted on January 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“[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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