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First Principles: Little Minds Are Tamed and Subdued By Misfortune; But Great Minds Rise Above Them
“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.” – Washington Irving
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Tagged Above, First Principles, Little Minds, Misfortune, Rise, Subdue, Tame, Washington Irving
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Illuminati, Part III: Only the Luddites
Illuminati, Part III: Only the Ludditesby Michael DoyleOnly the Luddites can save us now.It’s the only assurance of privacy, somehow.Terrorism and pandemics offer the pretenseWhile the foolishness of humanity has little defense.Anarchists and the Far Right have to unite,As we … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchists, Assurance, Bloodlines, Chains, Command, Control, Far Rght, Fight, Foolishness, Humanity, Illuminati, Imperial Six, Luddites, Machine, Mass Meda, Nation, Overlords, Pademc, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Privacy, Refrain, Rise, Save, Song, Stand, Technology, Terrorism, The Father, The New Luddites
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The Rise of Cthulhu’s Kingdom
The Rise of Cthulhu’s Kingdomby Michael DoyleI.The world around us is in crisis.Yet it is just as it finds us. Those we call friends try to advise usAbout all the badness they think we need because..Things couldn’t be bad enoughAs … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Do You Wish To Rise? Begin By Descending. You Plan A Tower That Will Pierce the Clouds? Lay First the Foundation of Humility
“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.” ~ Saint Augustine
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Tagged Clouds, Descend, Foundation, Humility, Plan, Rise, St. Augustine, Thought For the Day, Tower, Wish
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The Promise of Salvation
The Promise of Salvationby Michael DoyleIt took the Lord God Almighty,In all His mercy to save me.I was lost in the wrath of my sin,Losing my way, time and again.I suppose a lesser soul could have tried.I laughed to myself … Continue reading
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Tagged Address, Confession, Cost, Cried, Embrace, Evil's Control, Free, Frozen Mud, God, Gratitude, Healing Soul, Heart, Holy, Holy God, Humbly, In Debt, Joke, Lamb's Blood, Laugh, Lesser Soul, Lord God Almighty, Losing My Way, Lost, Mercy, Midnight Hour, Midnight Stars, My Sin, New Man, New Scars, Paid, Poetry and Poems, Positive, Promise, Promises, Redemption, Rise, Sacrifice, Salvation, Satan's Power, Soul, Stranger God, Undeserved Grace, Victory, Wrath
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In the Shadows
In the Shadowsby Michael DoyleThe beginning was an image of allA modern miracle held in mystified aweUntil life’s illusion lost its intensityAnd the desire for death grew in complexityThe face of horror pulls at mankindAs though in this darkness we … Continue reading
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Tagged All, Angst, Audience, Awe, Beginning, Big Bang, Blood, Book of Satan, Charmingly Perverse, Children of the Night, Claw, Complexity, Creation and Destruction, Damnation, Darkness, Death, Desires, Diabolical Forces, Eternal Punishment, Face of Horror, Fear, Gasp, Good and Evil, Halloween, Image, Imagination, Immorality, Intensity, Joined, Leaves, Life's Illusion, Mankind, Mephisto, Metropolis, Mirrored Twin, Modern Miracle, Need, Night, Persevere, Plays For Laughs, Poetry and Poems, Power of Light, Protection, Proximity, Read, Rise, Rotting Glory, Salvation, Shadow, Shadows, Spirit of Darkness, Story, Substance, Talisman, Tears, The Crucifix, Together, Tread, Universe
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Thought For the Day: You May Encounter Many Defeats, But You Must Not Be Defeated…It May Be Necessary To Encounter the Defeats, So You Can Know Who You Are
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Come Out of It, Defeat, Defeated, Encounter, Know, Maya Angelou, Necessary, Rise, Thought For the Day, Who You Are
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Stone Cast
Stone Castby Michael DoyleMemory building on this June’s nightYou walk beside under the pale moonlightThat you’re not troubled seems clearBut there’s something to the something thereThese things are important to youLet’s talk about how it is we will doThis life … Continue reading
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Tagged Achieved, Arms, Awake, Believed, Blend, Clear, Comfort Levels, Eternity, Faithfulness, Grow, Heart, Heart's Desire, Important, Inner Demons, Joined Hands, June, Know, Life of Ours, Lips, Mean, Memory Building, Moon Shines, Moonlight, My Love, My One, My Person, Night, Once In A Lifetime, Our Love, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Promises Made, Put Aside, Remember, Rise, Share, Shining Eyes, Smile, Something, Stone Cast, Sun, Talk, Talking, Tired, Troubled, True, Unveiled, Walk, Walk Beside, World On Fire, Worst Day, Worthwhile
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Thought For the Day: It Is Always Legitimate To Wish To Rise Above One’s Self, Never Above Others
“It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one’s self, never above others.” – Julia Ward Howe
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Tagged Above, Always, Julia Ward Howe, Legitimate, One's Self, Others, Rise, Thought For the Day, Wish
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First Principles: The Longer I Live, the More Convincing Proofs I See of This Truth, That God Governs In the Affairs of Men “The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this Truth, that God governs in … Continue reading
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Tagged Affairs, Aid, Benjamin Franklin, Empire, First Principles, God, Governs, Ground, Live, Longer, Men, Notice, Probable, Proof, Rise, Sparrow, Truth
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