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Thought For the Day: A Right Life Cultivates Kindness
“To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.” – Samuel Johnson, lexicographer (18 Sep 1709-1784)
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Tagged Business of Life, Cultivate, Forgive, Kindness, Samuel Johnson, Thought For the Day, Value, Wise
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First Principles: The Sum of Good Government Is To Restrain Harm To One Another and Otherwise Leave Citizens Free
“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has … Continue reading
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Tagged First Principles, Free Market, Frugal, Government, Restraint of Harm, Sum, Thomas Jefferson, Wise
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Thought For the Day: The Wise Leader Follows Sound Advice
“A prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice.” – Niccolo Machiavelli, political philosopher and author (3 May 1469-1527)
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Tagged Counselors, Good Advice, Intelligence, Leader, Leadership, Niccolo Machiavelli, Politics, Prince, Thought For the Day, Wise
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Knowing The Law of the Lord
Knowing the Law of the Lord by Michael Romani The Law of our blessed Lord In all of its purity and perfection Cuts through like a sword In its blessed direction Making even a fool seem wise By opening a … Continue reading
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Tagged Knowing, Law, Lord, Precept, Psalms, Simple Man, Testify, Testimony, Wise
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Thought For the Day: Dare To Reason And Escape Bigotry and Foolishness To Be Free
“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.” – Lord Byron, poet (22 Jan 1788-1824)
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Tagged Bigotry, Courage, Enslavement, Foolish, Freedom, Lord Byron, Reason, Thought For the Day, Wise
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First Principles: From Youth We Must Strive To Be Learned and Virtuous
“A good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should … Continue reading
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Tagged Character, Conduct, Effort, Endeavor, Essential, First Principles, George Washington, Habits, Indelible, Learned, Life, Moral, Virtuous, Wise
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First Principles: A Good Government Is Wise and Fiscally Responsible To Its Citizens
“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has … Continue reading
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Tagged Bread, Earnings, First Principles, Frugal, Government, Industry, Labor, Restraint From Injury, Thomas Jefferson, Wise
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The Man In the Bottle
Continuing with my daughter’s challenge to me, we have a poem based on The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 2: The Man In the Bottle by Michael Romani A couple infinitely patient and quite gentle The Castles have lived life … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, Consequence, Genie, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, The Man In the Bottle, The Twilight Zone, Wise, Wishes
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Thought For the Day: The Difference Between Clever and Smart Is Important
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” – Naguib Mahfouz, writer, Nobel laureate (11 Dec 1911-2006)
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Tagged Answers, Characteristics, Clever, Distinguish, Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel Laurete, Questions, Thought For the Day, Wise, Writer
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