Tag Archives: Ourselves

First Principles: The Best of All Government Is That Which Teaches Us To Govern Ourselves

Posted on May 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The best of all government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832

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Thought For the Day: The Easter Egg Symbolizes Our Ability To Break Out of the Hardened, Protective Shell We’ve Surrounded Ourselves With

Posted on April 9, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“The Easter egg symbolizes our ability to break out of the hardened, protective shell we’ve surrounded ourselves with.”– Siobhan Shaw

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Thought For the Day: Kindness In Ourselves Is the Honey That Blunts the Sting of Unkindness In Another

Posted on January 30, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another.” -Walter Savage Landor, writer and activist (30 Jan 1775-1864)

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Thought For the Day: Out of the Quarrel With Others We Make Rhetoric, Out of the Quarrel With Ourselves We Make Poetry

Posted on June 27, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.” – William Butler Yeats, writer, Nobel laureate (13 Jun 1865-1939)

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Thought For the Day: In Recognizing the Humanity of Our Fellow Beings, We Pay Ourselves the Highest Tribute

Posted on May 20, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.“– Thurgood Marshall

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Thought For the Day: Let Us Never Forget That Government Is Ourselves and Not An Alien Power Over Us

Posted on May 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.” – Franklin … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo #23: In Response To That Other Fantasy

Posted on April 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #23: In Response To That Other Fantasyby Michael DoyleKeep your head on straightInstead of rushing head longWe’re always a bit short and latePretending our weak as something strongPartying on in our faded delusionThat we want to live foreverDisrespected as … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Should Be Unfaithful To Ourselves If We Should Ever Lose Sight of the Danger To Our Liberties If Anything Partial Or Extraneous Should Infect the Purity of Our Free…Elections

Posted on March 3, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” – John Adams (1797)

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Wounds Let In the Light

Posted on November 19, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Wounds Let In the Lightby Michael DoyleThey say our wounds let in the lightI don’t know if it’s by experience or second lightBut something about this notion is wound tightAnd from what I have seen, perhaps they’re rightThe worst wound … Continue reading →

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First Principles: We Should Be Unfaithful To Ourselves If We Should Ever Lose Sight of the Danger To Our Liberties, If Anything Partial…Should Infect the Purity of Our Free…Elections

Posted on November 17, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

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