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Thought For the Day: Contempt Is the Weapon of the Weak and A Defense Against One’s Own Despised and Unwanted Feelings
“Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one’s own despised and unwanted feelings.” – Alice Miller, psychologist and author (1923-2010)
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Tagged Alice Deur Miller, Contempt, Defense, Despise, Feelings, Own, Thought For the Day, Unwanted, Weak, Weapon
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Thought For the Day: The Central Function of Imaginative Literature Is To Make You Realize That Other People Act On Moral Convictions Different Than Your Own
“The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own.” – William Empson, literary critic and poet (27 Sep 1906-1984)
First Principles: Every Good Citizen Makes His Country’s Honor His Own, and Cherishes It Not Only As Precious But As Sacred
“Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Jackson, Cherish, Conscious, Country, Defense, Every, First Principles, Good Citizen, Honor, Life, Own, Precious, Protection, Risk, Sacred, Willing
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First Principles: Do You Not Know That Your Bodies Are Temples of the Holy Spirit, Who Is In You…?
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV), Bodies, Bought, First Principles, God, Holy Spirit, Honor God, Know, Own, Price, Received, Temple
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First Principles: While We Are Contending For Our Own Liberty, We Should Be Very Cautious Not To Violate the Rights of Conscience In Others, Ever Considering That God Alone Is the Judge of the Hearts of Men, and To Him
“While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the rights of conscience in others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, and to him.” – George … Continue reading
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Tagged Cautious, Consider, Contend, First Principles, George Washington, God, Hearts, Judge, Liberty, Others, Own, Rights of Conscience, Violate
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The Maze (Inside Our Minds)
The Maze (Inside Our Minds)by Michael DoyleConsciousness is who we areEqually near as it is farPast every bit of memoryRather in sadness or reveriePast the loops of improvisationThat edges us toward our creationTeetering there on the edges of madnessAre the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive, Answer, Believe, Collect, Consciousness, Creation, Dedication, Deep Question, Destruction, Dignity, Edge, Essence, Far, Freedom, Gates, Ghosts, Gifts, Glimpse, Hesitation, Honor, Hour, Humanity, Improvisation, In the End, Liberation, Lies, Life, Loops, Love, Madness, Maze, Meditation, Memory, Mind, Myster, Near, Nothing Else, Open Door, Own, Poetry and Poems, Point, Pristine, Pure, Reconstruction, Reverie, Sadness, Step, Survive, Thought, Truth, View, Vital Key, Will Power, Zest
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First Principles: Government Is Instituted To Protect Property of Every Sort
“Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government which … Continue reading
First Principles: No Subject Shall Be Restrained…For Worshipping God In the Manner Most Agreeable To the Dictates of His Own Conscience
“It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, … Continue reading
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Tagged Agreeable, Conscience, Dictates, First Principles, God, John Adams, Manner, No Subject, Own, Restrained, Thoughts On Government, Worship
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Thought For the Day: A Man Should Never Be Ashamed To Own That He Has Been In the Wrong, Which Is But Saying, … That He Is Wiser Today Than Yesterday
“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.” – Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
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Tagged Alexander Pope, In Other Words, In the Wrong, Man, Never Ashamed, Own, Say, Thought For the Day, Today, Wiser, Yesterday
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Basket Case Blues
Dedicated to many a victim of the music industry who thought themselves gods only to wake up suddenly finding differently… Basket Case Blues by Michael Doyle With your name up in the bright lights Enraptured by a million neon nights … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, Alibi, Alone, Amuse, Angel, Arrive, Awoke, Basket Case, Big Lie, Blues, Comfort Zone, Confess, Contortion, Courage, Disgrace, Dreams, Gardens, Gods, Home, Inner Child, Itch, Leather and Lace, Less, Life, Lights, Masterpiece, Million MIles, More, Music Industry, Mystery, Name, Neon Nights, Own, Paper, Photograph, Pliable, Poem, Poetry, Predilection, Real, Rock Bottom, Scarlet, Seems, Social Distortion, Therapy, Unreliable, Victim, Wake Up, World
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