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Thought For the Day: May Light Always Surround You
“May Light always surround you; Hope kindle and rebound you. May your Hurts turn to Healing; Your Heart embrace Feeling. May Wounds become Wisdom; Every Kindness a Prism. May Laughter infect you; Your Passion resurrect you. May Goodness inspire your … Continue reading
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Tagged D Simone, Desires, Feeling, Goodness, Healing, Hold Close, Hope, Kindness, Laughter, Light, Passion, Strive, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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Seven Points of Beatitude (Sapientia)
Seven Points of Beatitude by Michael Romani As the ghosts of one year floated by to be received In a clarity of slumber of one refusing to be self-deceived I had turned on the television intending to rest a moment … Continue reading
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Tagged Awe, Beatitudes, Counsel, Courage, Endurance, Enlightenment, Family of God, Fortitude, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Humility, Kingdom, Knowledge, Photograph, Piety, Pleasures, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Reverence, Sacrament, Self Deception, Seven Swans A Swimming, Tolerance, Treasures, Understanding, Wisdom
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Mild
A wise man once whispered to me To open my heart if I wanted to see And follow my dreams to their truth. I have done so since my mild youth. Now, so much has changed and I’m older, But, … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Boldness, Choices, Daily Prompt, Dreams, Heart, Mild, Sight, Truth, Wisdom, Wordpress
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First Principles: Security and Private Property Rest On A Just Court
“Personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.” —Joseph Story (1833)
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Tagged Courts, First Principles, Integrity, Joseph Story, Justice, Personal Security, Private Property, Stability, Wisdom
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First Principles: Too Much Discretionary Power Is Unwise
“We repose an unwise confidence in any government, or in any men, when we invest them officially with too much, or an unnecessary quantity of, discretionary power.” –Thomas Paine, Serious Address to the People of Philadelphia, 1778 The complete text … Continue reading
First Principles: Neither the Constitution Nor Law Protects A Corrupt People
“[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” –Samuel Adams (1749) How about that, the Founders called out the conditions of today more than we might … Continue reading
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Tagged Constitution, Corruption, First Principles, Laws, Samuel Adams, Wisdom, Wise
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First Principles: We Should Endeavor To Be Honest In All We Do
“In our private pursuits it is a great advantage that every honest employment is deemed honorable.” —Thomas Jefferson (1795) It’s somewhat fitting that the witch hunt has thus far calumniated not in any finding of collusion but past crimes committed … Continue reading
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Tagged Endeavors, First Principles, Honesty, Integrity, Private Pursuits, Thomas Jefferson, Wisdom
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Curious Destiny
Curious Destiny by Michael Romani Destiny is a curious thing Complications that life brings Broken moments perilously collected Bits of truth quietly detected How obvious does it have to be When the blind know more than those who see Banded … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Collect, Complication, Curious, Darkness, Destiny, Light, Photographs, Poem, Poetry, See, Truth, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: Freedom Leads To Prosperity
“There stands before the entire world one great and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity.” – Ronald Reagan
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Tagged Berlin Wall, Freedom, Knowledge, Prosperity, Ronald Regan, Thought For the Day, Wisdom
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First Principles: Republics Are Lost When Flattery Is Favored Over Truth
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading →