Cogitations 127

Role reversal Many of history’s fools and villains were, in their days and domains, the savants and heroes, and vice-versa. Autopilot Those taught too much cannot think for themselves. Terminal politics As a parasite which consumes the body, and yet, at the same time seals its own doom by the destruction of its host, such [...]

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Cogitations 126

Harlot diplomacy Attempting to manipulate evil by appeasement is a type of prostitution that often ends with the rape and murder of the appeaser, especially after payment. The cost of arrogance Arrogance is a thief which steals all virtue from those who leave the door of pride unlocked. Tools The mind is a tool box; [...]

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Cogitations 125

Circle of consequences The distance between the ideologies of the left and right is not linear, but circular. The destiny of those who travel too far in either direction is mutual. Insanity Insanity is ‘reason’ without God. Answers’ irony The greatest dangers the world ever faces are at conception imagined as solutions. Common senseless Even [...]

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Cogitations 124

Benevolent destroyers The most destructive individuals the world has known have been those who seized power to implement their vision of a ‘good’ society. Removing evil There are two ways cultures attempt to eliminate evil, one is by the condemnation of it, the other by the normalization of it and the removal of its definition [...]

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Cogitations 123

Who? Question authority; but equally so, question the questioners of authority. How often it is one evil is overthrown by no less of another. Giving is receiving True contentment is relative to pure sacrifice. Moral adversary Whenever morality is overthrown, it is almost always with a battle cry of ‘justice’. Past is present The past [...]

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Cogitations 122

Futile victory Even when evil triumphs it loses; success paves the road to its downfall; and victory increases the weight of judgment against it. Emotions and reason Excessive emotional outbursts evidence a deficiency of rational. Mental warfare He who controls perceptions rules minds; and, they who are conquered in thought are defeated in fact. Value [...]

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Cogitations 121

Elusive lusts Obsessing over that which you cannot have will rob you of that which you can. Subjective judgment To judge a matter subjectively before the proper conclusion, or to judge it anyway but subjectively afterward, is folly. Looking back ahead Those who look into the mirror of the past see ahead much more clearly [...]

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Cogitations 120

Dead end The cruelest part of socialism is not the journey down the road to slavery and destitution—socialists fund that part of the trip—it is the destruction of the road, and every other road that would lead back. Tyranny of mercies Ever since Orwell we have been watchful for the iron fist of Big Brother; [...]

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Cogitations 119

Silent lies A response of silence, if not the most telling, may be the most deceitful. Missed gift If you fail to recognize a blessing, you may prevent it from being one. Same difference A religious fanatic will destroy anything for a belief in something; an atheist will destroy everything for a belief nothing. Paths [...]

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Cogitations 118

Self bondage No one is in greater bondage than he who is held prisoner of his own self-will. The Art of Deception With colors of truth and the brush of deception, the deceiver artfully arranges truth on the canvas, but the picture is a lie. “Progressive” In the past fascists have come into power with [...]

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