Tag Archives: Wisdom

To Feel Good, Do Good

Posted on July 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

To Feel Good, Do Goodby Michael DoyleUnhappiness Is an affliction on bliss.By Cicero’s severed neck,Duty can make us into wrecksThose who live in their mindAre too often left behind.Such is the way of those in powerWho care only for a … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Knowledge Speaks, But Wisdom Listens

Posted on May 28, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” – Jimi Hendrix

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Thought For the Day: The Fear of the Lord Is the Beginning of Wisdom

Posted on May 1, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” – Solomon

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Thought For the Day: Information is not knowledge. Knowledge Is Not Wisdom. Wisdom Is Not Truth. Truth Is Not Beauty. Beauty Is Not love. Love Is Not Music. Music Is the Best

Posted on March 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty.Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.” – Frank Zappa

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A Nation’s Passion Play

Posted on March 25, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

A Nation’s Passion Playby Michael DoyleFrom our earliest days, when we dwelt in caves,We have tried to understand what it is that savesOur rarest sentiments are served up like a delicacyThese are questionable as we define principled libertyIt is a … Continue reading →

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Moving Forward

Posted on March 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Moving Forwardby Michael DoyleLiving the world’s way is often a lossIt is at best, a coin tossTo die and live again in our relationshipMoves beyond the wisdom of our worshipIt’s unshakeable in this accomplishmentOur lives are redeemed in their improvementWalking … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Never, No, Never, Did Nature Say One Thing, and Wisdom Say Another Thing

Posted on February 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Never, no, never, did Nature say one thing, and Wisdom say another.” – Edmund Burke, in his Third Letter on Regicide Peace, 1797

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Happy Lunar New Year!

Posted on January 29, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

January 29, 2025, marks the new year for the lunar calendar for China and many other Asian nations. It is also referred to as the Spring Festival. This is the Year of the Snake. We have to love a tradition … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Not Enough To Acquire Wisdom, It Is Necessary To Employ It

Posted on January 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Thought For the Day: Let Us Remember That Wisdom Is the True Salt of Literature, and the Books That Are Most Nourishing Are Richly Stored With It

Posted on December 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Maxims and aphorisms, let us remember that wisdom is the true salt of literature, and the books that are most nourishing are richly stored with it, and that is the main object to seek in reading books.” – John Morley, … Continue reading →

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