Tag Archives: Wise

Where We Might Fit

Posted on July 22, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Where We Might Fitby Michael DoyleWherever we go,However, we might grow,It’s in our soulsLight is accentuated by shadow.The universe invites us to explore,To reach out to find something more.In this, we find an explanation,And sometimes, we happen on new civilizations.Among … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accentuate, Beautiful, Civilization, Discern, Expectations, Expore, Fit, Hesitation, Human Soul, Laugh, Learn, Light, Magnitude, Off-Path, Poetry and Poems, Question, Shadow, Socialize, Universe, Where, Wise, Wonderful, Year | Leave a comment

To See Past Query

Posted on July 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

To See Past Queryby Michael DoyleMuch of life is conjecture and theory.We take for granted what should be a query.Like whether it’s more beautiful or wiseTo look into a sunrise or a lover’s eyes.We look at the wrong things for … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beautiful, Beauy, Certainity, Conjecture and Theory, Discren, Human Attraction, Inaiblity, Learned, Life, Love, Lover's Eyes, Obscurrity, Poetry and Poems, Purity, Query, Returned, Security, See, Shown, Simple Roll, Sunrise, Uknown, Wise, Wonderful | Leave a comment

From High To Low

Posted on April 24, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

From High To Lowby Michael DoyleToo many people believe in the nicheAnd from there won’t budge an inch.Truth? It pays to know about everythingBecause then, you can choose what to bringTo the party of life’s extremes.From this, you can learn … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens. They Fall, When the Wise Are Banished from Public Councils

Posted on March 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“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 →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Banished, Betray, Created, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Joseph Story, Public Councils, Public Spirit, Republics, Rewarded, The Citizens, The People, The Profligate, Virtue, Wise | Leave a comment

History Dignifies the Presidents

Posted on February 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

History Dignifies the Presidentsby Michael DoyleOn this Presidents Day, a few comments are deservedAs we look back on nation as it is preservedTrue to the faith of our republic’s sovereignty Is the struggle to keep our nation’s dignityOur story is … Continue reading →

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Inauguration (January 20, 2025)

Posted on January 20, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Inauguration (January 20, 2025)by Michael DoyleWatching the proceedings of the inaugurationI joined in my nation’s celebrationA nation led by a vision of principled humilityOne of the rights of the free, filled with majestyIn the stillness bestowed by God, we valiantly … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is Not Easy To Be Wise For All Times. Not Even For the Present ; Much Less For the Future: and Those Who Judge the Past Must Recollect That When It Was Present, the Present Was Future

Posted on January 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is not easy to be wise for all Times. Not even for the present; much less for the future: and those who judge of the past must recollect that when it was present, the present was future.” – Gouverneur … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: You Can Tell Whether A Man Is Clever By His Answers. You Can Tell Whether A Man Is Wise By His Questions

Posted on December 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“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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Thought For the Day: It’s Always Wise To Seek the Truth In Our Opponents’ Error, and the Error In Our Own Truth

Posted on November 8, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“It’s always wise to seek the truth in our opponents’ error, and the error in our own truth.“– Reinhold Niebuhr, in the Forward of The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness (1944) — The man who really did … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Falling Down Is Not A Failure. Failure Comes When You Stay Where You Have Fallen

Posted on November 2, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.” – Socrates I cannot help but like Socrates, who is quoted as saying that poets are the interpreters of the gods. We are not, and … Continue reading →

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