When Reason speaks to you, harken what she says, and you shall be saved. Make good use of her utterances, and you shall be as one armed. | |
For the Lord has given you no better guide than Reason, no stronger arm than Reason. | |
When Reason speaks to your inmost self, you are proof against Desire. | |
For Reason is a prudent minister, a loyal guide, and a wise counsellor. Reason is light in darkness, as anger is darkness amidst light. | |
Be wise — let Reason, not Impulse, be your guide. | |
Yet be mindful that even if Reason be at your side, she is helpless without the aid of Knowledge. | |
Without her blood-sister, Knowledge, Reason is like houseless poverty, and Knowledge without Reason is like a house unguarded. And even Love, Justice, and Goodness avail little if Reason be not there too. | |
— Kahlil Gibran | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | I Learn The Hard Way |
2021 | I Ask For Two Minutes… |
Always | |
2020 | At Least A Lot More Gray |
2019 | Walking The Lonely Path |
2018 | The Ultimate Trial |
2017 | Vain Expectations |
2016 | Or Of One Thought |
2015 | What’s In Your Future? |
2014 | Light In Darkness |
2013 | How ‘Bout Just Obeying The Law? |
2012 | Or Maybe Not |
2011 | My Interval Is Too Short! |
Archive for May 31st, 2014
Light In Darkness
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