Cogitations 83

The spiritual man
It is the dead that obey gravity; the alive overcome it.

Up or down?
It takes effort to climb, so if the going seems to be happening all by itself you are probably falling.

Example
If you wish for those under you to be better than you are, you be better than you are.

Self delusion
If the beast is obsessed with the bait, his mind will disguise the trap.

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Becoming better
Even by wounds the humble heart is healed; but sharp words harden the proud.

Victory always
If you wish to win even when you lose, surrender when you are wrong.

The sage
The wise man is not wise because he is more intelligent, but because he is keenly attentive and honest.

Challenges
Life’s first challenge is preparation, then, accomplishment. But, the utmost test is afterward—not destroying what you have accomplished.

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Strong stand
When you do what is right, reproach is among the greatest of compliments.

Facing fear
Those who do not fear God are subjects of baser fears. Though they seek escape through apathy, they shall find the devastation of ignorance.

Reflections
False accusations are the self portrait of those who are given to spewing them.

On point
There is a point when there is no point, and it is a most tragic point.

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Black and White
Gray is not a destination, it is a journey—from black to white, and from white to black, from light to darkness, and from darkness to light. It is the distance that lies in between good and evil.

Absence of evidence
I am not a materialistic person; and I have nothing to prove it.

Bondage of “righteousness”
Forced adherence to “truth” is the suppression of truth.

Liberty vs. Freedom
Liberty is not dependant upon freedom alone, but upon prohibitions against the destruction of liberty. The antithesis of liberty often comes cloaked in robes of freedom.

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War of words
A truth that merely wounds is attacked vehemently; but truth that destroys absolutely is victorious.

Appointments
It is profitable to first meet reality in your mind before any face to face encounter.

Trust in hope
Faith walks where reason dare not tread.

Brilliance
If you lack the intellect of your adversary, you may yet prevail by thinking longer and harder than he does.

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The Crown
The highest award given for achievement in speaking is the death sentence.

Are Facts Truth?
Truth is not reliant merely upon facts, but upon presentation.

Good Wins
Good wins—ultimately, it always does—even when it is nailed to a cross.

The highway
The modern academic highway is wide and well paved, nonetheless, the exits to Critical Thinking and Common Sense are not marked.

Cogitations 77

The biggest mob
The worst organized crime is legalized crime, that should be a clue into who the biggest mobsters are.

Be you
Learn from all but copy none explicitly; you will never be anyone else better than they are. Then too, no one else can be you better than you.

Giving to God
All you have to offer God that he does not have, but can use, is your insufficiency.

Too smart
The danger of being genius is to think to be genius.

Cogitations 76

The Final Solution
In the end, is the annihilation of a society in a moment of time any more cruel than slowly and softly “saving” a civilization into bondage and death?

Mob rule
When the majority rules, you get what they deserve.

Success?
When rewards of success become destructive, failure may be a noble option.

Contentment
Contentment consists not of merely having, but of a continual awareness of the evils avoided.

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Wrong is always wrong
Regardless of how many ways people hide rong or try to disguise it; wrawng is always wrong and will never be right.

Born free
We are all born outside the box; it is only as we grow older that we tend to choose and climb into one.

Creators
Artists, writers, and inventors are not truly creating, they are grasping and communicating.

The path
The steppingstones of selfishness may indeed take you places, but they are all places of misery and loneliness.

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Yes He can
God is the one I have been waiting for. Yes He Can.

Tyranny
Tyranny is not an end, it is a means that has no end until it comes to its own.

History repeats
Those who cannot remember the toast are condemned to repeat it.

Always
Good will yet dare.