Cogitations 177

Mercy When mercy first appears, you might not always like it. Hope When you can find no hope, hope for hope. Sin Sin harms all, no less the perpetrator. Always Righteousness is always the victor, regardless the outcome. Seeing You are the only person in the world that sees it from behind your eyes. Run [...]

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Cogitations 176

Give up It is an act of greatness to surrender in cases when you do not have to, but should. Antidote? Most attempts to the cure the world’s social ills end with another disease. Value The only true measure of a person’s worth is goodness. Rebels Worse than a rebel without a cause is a [...]

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Cogitations 175

Final destination Just because you know you are on the right track, do not take it for granted that you are on the right train. Standard bears The standard bearers of destruction almost always march under ensigns of salvation. Means and ends A means must be justified before the end. And, the end is a [...]

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Cogitations 174

Scientific paradox There is a tendency within the scientific community to deny absolutes, yet, when confronted by faith, that same community will often by faith, take an absolute position against that faith. And if it be otherwise, upon what foundation do they then have right to argue—one that is not absolute? Self vs. self Because [...]

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Cogitations 173

Answers? When science answers a question it begs a thousand more. Deceiver The most deceitful liars in the world are emotions. On the other hand, sometimes they are the most aware. Greatest victory He who defeats himself can conquer all. True love True love is by far a doer more than a feeler. Cause and [...]

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Cogitations 172

Absolutes and time All things are absolute; those which are not will be once they are outside of time. Truth? When you shouldn’t tell your truth, you may get by with telling someone else’s. Worst wrong The worst wrongs are ones that are absolutely brilliantly wrong. Cause of causes Often, the cause of a cause [...]

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Cogitations 171

Wisdom of nothing, The nearest a fool comes to wisdom is silence, and the silence of the wise is wiser than the words of fools. Monopoly Where only one has the exclusive to ‘serve’ all, the tendency is self service. Strength of evil The greatest evil of self-righteousness is an ardent devotion to itself. Virtue [...]

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Cogitations 170

Relativity Even the Theory of Relativity is itself merely relative. Seeds of trepidation Those who sow apathy harvest angst. Cause and crises When violence is chosen to promote a cause, violence will become the cause. Reasonable faith Sound faith and sound reason are inseparable. Time Even time has an appointed time; and time is only [...]

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Cogitations 169

Repeating the past History does repeat, however, not without some choice as to what part of it. Impulses Primitivism is the bare face of natural impulses; sophistry and faulty reasoning is their mask. Welfare There is more charity in planting seeds of inspiration than in feeding the poor with another man’s crops. Hearing To hear [...]

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Cogitations 168

Right way On the right road to a desirable destination there are wrong exits; if you take one to an undesirable place, curse not the right road as well. On time So what if the trains run on time, where are they taking everyone? Back to earth A narcissistic delusion of self grandeur may give [...]

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