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- Tough Love is more caring than Permissive Love.
- A safety net should be a trampoline, not a hammock.
- Robin Hood stealing to give his booty to the poor was not charity, he
only made the poor his accomplices.
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought
without accepting it. Aristotle
- The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless your actions will
be.
- What do we call the science of classifying living things? RACISM!
- "It doesn't take a majority to win, just a tireless minority that will keep starting brush fires in the mind and hearts of their fellow men."
Samuel Adams
- Altruism requires it's opposite to exist, so Self Interest must also
exist.
- Favors are the seeds of cronyism and corruption unless we only pay them forward to
strangers.
- More than a day of gratitude, opt for a lifetime!
- Certainly we have all the challenges we need, so let's be glad of
them whether we like them or not (it's much easier on us that way and bound to be more fun)!
- We deserve NOTHING except life and the freedom to pursue happiness
within the Golden Rule.
- Don't hide in the dark. Dance in the light! Say what you think. Follow
the dreams that define who you are.
- Underlying most arguments against free markets is a lack of belief in
freedom itself.(MFriedman)
- Because there is darkness, light has value. Because of challenges,
rewards have meaning.
- Hope is a goal lacking a plan.
- Be bold in what you stand for; and careful what you fall for.
- All that is necessary for forces of evil to win is for enough good men
to do nothing. (Edmund Burke)
- If you feel like you are stuck, that's a good sign. It means you're
eager
to get moving.
- Nothing can make you happier than spreading happiness to others. See for yourself.
- "Rich" is NOT a dirty word, I just wish I were rich too!
- Is today a Take-2 day? One of those days when you must repeat what
normally works right the first time.
- Life is measured by moments that take your breath away.
- Don't lose yourself to your weaknesses. Conquer your Storms.
- Wealth comes from Active Creativity. Transferring the material evidence of this creativity, does not make recipients more "Wealthy", just more dependent and uncreative.
- The power to do good is also the power to do harm.(MFriedman)
- Money with no strings only motivates people to want more, so always give with strings.
- In school; you're taught a lesson & then given a test. In Life; you're
given a test that teaches you a lesson.
- Without the freedom to fail there can be no opportunity to succeed!
- Life's purpose is to understand the necessity of doing good, to live in
harmony with Cosmic Laws and to always express our Divine Nature.
- Self Centeredness is not related to Individualism, but to Self
Righteousness.
- Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment!
- Give of yourself like you're the richest person in the room, and you will be.
- Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.
-Plato
- Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
- Freedom must be fought for, protected, and handed on, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
- Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak.
Not to act is to act.
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In the difficult times, choose to grow stronger.
In the good times, choose to enjoy fully. In all times, choose to be
thankful.
- Beware self-righteousness as it destroys all.
- Life is not measured by how much you have. It is measured by how much you gave, how much you loved & how much you sacrificed for others.
- You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
- One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
(Plato)
- The aim of all human beings is to perfect ourselves.
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Always take the next step, for it could very
well be the one that finally gets you there.
- Success implies cheating through discrimination, therefore success must
be punished.
- The Living can make the Dead do any tricks they find necessary.
- Rising tides don't lift boats that aren't in the water.
- Government closest to the People governs best.
- Government is force only. Like Fire, it is a dangerous servant and a
fearful master.
- Eliminating strife halts your advancement along the path.
- Motivation is the key to productivity.
- Only Capitalism motivates productivity using Hope instead of Fear.
- Motivating by duress is corrupt and immoral.
- Moral thought is an act of bigotry. Evil is merely the victim of Good.
- Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
(Albert Einstein)
- Despite new challenges and circumstances, each generation still has much to learn from their elders.
The young
seldom
do as they are told, however!
- Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.
(Plato)
- They that borrow come to sorrow; them that lend - around the bend!
- We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. What we put into it is ours.
- Flourish where you are planted!
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The more you count your blessings, the more
there will be to count.
- A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
- You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.
- The road away from Freedom is always paved with "good" intentions.
- Conformists do not change the world,
those who refuse to conform have that power.
- Attitude controls flight. So make your journey a good one!
- There are no Ordeals, only Adventures. Be grateful for your Adventures!
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Speak clearly, truthfully, with respect and
humility.
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From the truth of who you are, comes the best of what you say.
- Scientific Enquiry requires Dogma to be set aside.
- Ability is only gained through struggle (strife and pushing ones
limits).
- Our task is to create circumstances which help others learn life's
lessons.
- Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life by turning what we have into
enough, and more.
- Rational thought is judgmental and, therefore, discriminatory and
immoral.
- Most economic fallacies derive frm tendency 2 assume there is fixed pie,
that 1 party can gain only at expense of another.(MFriedman)
- Indiscriminant-ness is a moral imperative. There is no solitary Truth.
- Honesty is the core of conservatism.
- Abundance and Prosperity are states of mind so cultivate them.
- Skepticism enables Scientific advancement. Dogma negates it.
- Self-Righteousness is the Bane of Common Sense. Embrace Humility!
- Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Life requires strife. Life requires Pain. Life requires struggle. Always
be grateful for what this teaches.
- Fairness is a human invention which comes from our self righteous
expectation to be treated as we treat others.
- Only the dead have seen the end of war. -Plato
- Only a preponderance of public opinion can proclaim someone an 'Artist'.
Beware Ego.
“In the end more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free.”
[Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)]
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