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Thought For the Day: Creativity – Like Human Life Itself – Begins In Darkness. We Need To Acknowledge This. All Too Often, We Think Only In Terms of Light
“Creativity — like human life itself — begins in darkness. We need to acknowledge this. All too often, we think only in terms of light: “And then the lightbulb went on and I got it!” It is true that insights … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledge, Begin, Bright Ideas, Creativity, Darkness, Gestation, Human Life, Interio, Julia Cameron, lLight, Murky, Necessary, Thought For the Day
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Minding God’s Own Business
Minding God’s Own Businessby Michael DoyleIt’s how it is that we should liveWe find that God has work to giveIn an echo of principles, we need clarityOf what is necessary to enable us to seeTo lack in clarity is an … Continue reading
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First Principles: I Think We Have More Machinery of Government Than Is Necessary, Too Many Parasites Living On the Labor of the Industrious
“I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.” – Thomas Jefferson (1824)
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First Principles: I Wish To Be Useful, and Every Kind of Service Necessary For the Public Good, Becomes Honorable By Being Necessary
“I am not influenced by the expectation of promotion or pecuniary reward. I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary for the public good, becomes honorable by being necessary.” – Nathan Hale (1776)
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Tagged Expectation, First Principles, Honor, Influenced, Nathan Hale, Necessary, Pecuniary Reward, Promotion, Public Good, Service, Useful, Wish
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(Questions of Life) However Inspired
(Questions of Life) However Inspiredby Michael DoyleHowever it was inspiredLife came to be firedSparked a billion years agoAnd continued on in its flowThough no man was there Science believes it clearNeurons appeared 400,000 year agoBut who can truly know?From the … Continue reading
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First Principles: I Think We Have More Machinery of Government Than Is Necessary, Too Many Parasites Living On the Labor of the Industrious
“I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.” – Thomas Jefferson (1824)
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First Principles: In Republican Government, the Legislative Authority Necessarily Predominates
“In republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates.” – James Madison, The Federalist No. 51
First Principles: If Men Were Angels, No Government Would Be Necessary
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” – James Madison (1788)
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First Principles: Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As Justice, and Is As Necessary For the Support of Societies As Natural Affection Is For the Support of Families
“Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.” – Benjamin Rush (1773)
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Tagged Benjamin Rush, Families, First Principles, Justice, Natural Affection, Necessary, Patriotism, Society, Support, Virtue
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First Principles: Collecting More Taxes Than Is Absolutely Necessary Is Legalized Robbery
“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” – Calvin Coolidge
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