As we advance in love, we grow surer of the reality of God and of the immortality of the soul. | |
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky | |
From: “The Brothers Karamazov“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Every Time It Gets Better |
Distant! | |
2020 | I’m Persuaded |
2019 | Hungry For Trust |
2018 | Mutual Assistance |
2017 | The Toughest Job |
2016 | Congratulations!! |
Better Yet, Read! | |
2015 | Even If It Kills Us Slowly |
2014 | Fun To Play God |
Of Anything | |
2013 | Legal (Almost) |
2012 | Great Scots! |
2011 | The GI Bill – A Simple History Lesson |
Breaking Even | |
Posts Tagged ‘God’
A Little More Each Day
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Fyodor Dostoyevsky, God, Immortality, Love, Philosophy, Quotes, Reality, Soul, The Brothers Karamazov on May 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Do Good Works
Posted in Faith, Faith Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Briers, Christian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Faith, Figs, God, Good News Translation, Grapes, Matthew 7:16, Philosophy, Quotes, The Bible, Thorn Bushes on May 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God. | |
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer | |
You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs. | |
— Matthew 7:16 | |
From: “The Bible” (Good News Translation) | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | We Like To Believe So, Anyway |
More SoCal Sounds | |
2020 | I’m Older Now |
2019 | Why #45 (#LazyDonald) Was Destined To Be A Failed Presidency |
2018 | Easter In Liverpool |
Star Guides To Destiny | |
Growl | |
2017 | Decisions |
2016 | Along The Path |
2015 | Make Mine Rare, Please |
2014 | Passion Flooding |
2013 | On Purpose |
2012 | Sans Gall Bladder, Day 4 |
How Did You Spend Your Day? | |
2011 | It’s Hammerin’ Time!! |
Convenient Auxiliaries | |
Might I Have A Little More, Please
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Drinking, Eating, François-Marie Arouet, God, Necessity, Philosophy, Pleasure, Quotes, Voltaire on April 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. | |
— Voltaire | |
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2021 | All I See Are Nails |
More Money | |
2020 | We Will Get Through This |
2019 | I Asked My Family Doctor Just What I Had |
2018 | You Have Just Begun To Climb |
2017 | Equal Protection Under Law |
2016 | A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion |
2015 | Or You Don’t |
2014 | If You Ever Fall… |
2013 | Glory Days (part 2) |
2012 | They Follow A Pattern – If You Know What I Mean |
What I Live For (Precis) | |
2011 | Giving |
If That’s What You Mean
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer, Bertrand Russell, Faith, Frank Sinatra, God, Inshallah, Life, Nature, No Comfort, Philosophy, Quotes, Roll The Dice on April 4, 2022| 2 Comments »
I believe in you and me. I’m like Albert Schweitzer and Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein in that I have a respect for life – in any form. I believe in nature, in the birds, the sea, the sky, in everything I can see or that there is real evidence for. If these things are what you mean by God, then I believe in God. But I don’t believe in a personal God to whom I look for comfort or for a natural on the next roll of the dice. | |
–– Frank Sinatra | |
[Can one draw comfort from believing in “God” without looking directly for it (God’s comfort)? I seem to be able to. Inshallah… — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Awakening The Glow |
I Remember | |
2020 | Golden Eagle |
Like #45: Incompetent Donald | |
2019 | #45: Who Lost By Three Million Votes |
2018 | Torn Between Two Loves |
A Girl And A Boy | |
2017 | I Think They Are Starting To… |
2016 | Living There |
2015 | Bookin’ West |
Beyond My Reach | |
You Never Call Anymore… | |
2014 | Winning? |
2013 | Still Inventing |
2012 | Motivated |
2011 | Waiting In Line At Starbuck’s |
A Happy Realization
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Chief White Eagle, Faith, God, Happiness, Philosophy, Quotes, Thanksgiving on January 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Happiness is the realization of God in the heart. Happiness is the result of praise and thanksgiving, of faith and acceptance; a quiet, tranquil realization of the love of God. | |
— Chief White Eagle | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Is Science Cumulative? |
We’re Aging With Time | |
2020 | Where #45 Is Leading The Republican Party |
2019 | Your Own Blog Posts |
The Man With A Code | |
2018 | Choose Goodness |
2017 | Developing Translations |
2016 | Think Like A Hero |
2015 | Reductionism |
2014 | Gravitation, n. |
2013 | Ups And Downs |
2012 | Nerd Heard – And Good-Bye |
Your Continuum | |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 2) |
Are You Confused?
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Confusion, Faith, God, Philosophy, Quotes on January 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It is terrible when people do not know God, but it is worse when people confuse God with what is not God. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Working On The Ordinary |
Smoothed My Jagged Edges | |
2020 | Republican Senators Should Vote For Conviction Of #45 |
2019 | Carry It |
2018 | Simple |
2017 | Knowledge Pays |
2016 | Brief Glimpses And Full Glances |
2015 | Pursuing Perspective |
2014 | Wearing Down? |
2013 | Labouring Under A Curse |
2012 | Listen To Yourself |
2011 | Career Tips (Part 1) |
No Captain Dunsel | |
Climate Change Is Already Raising Sea Levels
Posted in Environment, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Climate Change, Environment, God, Nicolas Chamfort, Philosophy, Quotes, Rising Sea Levels, The Great Flood on December 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless. | |
— Nicolas Chamfort | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Speaking For Us |
Tears Don’t Wash Away | |
2019 | Foundational Pillar Of Civilized Discourse |
2018 | Seven Minutes. Not Six, Not Eight |
2017 | Falling Forward One Step At A Time |
2016 | And Without Expectation |
2015 | Just Do It |
I Am A Runner | |
2014 | Some Things I Learned (Mostly) In The Army: |
2013 | Who You Are |
2012 | Mine Stands |
2011 | Aversions |
Most Likely Beast
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Beast, God, Philosophy, Quotes, Self-Sufficiency, Society, Socrates on December 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. | |
― Socrates | |
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2020 | Meet Unexpected Success |
Sweet Love | |
2019 | Curing With Salt |
2018 | A Politician With Skills |
And / Or A Genuine Smile | |
2017 | A Lone, Brave Voice… |
2016 | Job Security |
2015 | For I Have Always Lived Violently |
2014 | We Stand !! (I Stand With George) |
Additional Requirements | |
2013 | In The Present Day |
2012 | Feeling It |
2011 | Stretching Science |
Hold That Thought
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Clean Conscience, Consciousness, God, Philosophy, Quotes, Rodney Brooks, Virginia Heffernan, Wired Magazine on September 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
“I sort of have this joke theory,” Brooks says, “that consciousness is put there by God, so that he has this very quick interface to find out what we’re thinking about.” | |
— Rodney Brooks | |
Quoted by: Virginia Heffernan | |
In her article: “Clean Conscience“ | |
Appearing in: Wired Magazine; dtd: Nov 2020 | |
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2020 | Everyone I’ve Ever Met |
A Secret Chord | |
2019 | A Big “IF” |
2018 | Silence Presence |
2017 | Feeling Small Standing In Front Of My Shelves |
2016 | Show Willing |
2015 | If He Only Knew… |
2014 | Dared To Love |
2013 | Strong Kung-Fu |
2012 | Two Tribes |
2011 | Made Any Assumptions Lately? |
First Ask For Courage
Posted in Philosophy, Poems And Writing By Others, Poetry, Quotes, tagged André Zirnheld, Courage, God, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Poems And Writing By Others, Quotes, Strength, The Para's Prayer on September 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
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2020 | My 2 Cents | |||||||||||||||||||
You Do It | ||||||||||||||||||||
Must Be Why I Like Dreamin’ | ||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | The Opening Step | |||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | I’ll Trade You… | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Luv Me Some Meat Loaf | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Unless Your Name Is #AmnestyDon | |||||||||||||||||||
2015 | A Tentative First Step | |||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Making People | |||||||||||||||||||
2013 | On Reading Books | |||||||||||||||||||
2012 | On America | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Shiver, Me Timbers! | |||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Fiduciary Breakdown | |||||||||||||||||||
To Trust Providence
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Blaise Pascal, Duty, God, Guide, Philosophy, Providence, Quotes, Truth on August 31, 2021| Leave a Comment »
He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright. | |
— Blaise Pascal | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | I Am Learning |
Plus Plus | |
2019 | Day 2: All Things Considered |
The Path To Reward | |
2018 | Ryan, McConnell & The Republican Controlled Congress |
The Proud Dad | |
Day 35: Five(5) Weeks Completed! | |
2017 | Serving Is Proving Harder Than Winning For #DumbDonald |
2016 | Come Again… |
2015 | At Five |
2014 | Touching The Past |
The Supreme Question | |
2013 | Children Will Judge |
2012 | Liar, n. |
2011 | Freedom To Doubt |
Universal Vibrations
Posted in Faith, Music, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged God, Martin Luther, Music, Philosophy, Quotes on August 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
It is not without reason that the ancestors and prophets wanted nothing else to be associated as closely with the Word of God as music. | |
— Martin Luther | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Weakness In The Oval Office |
Doo Wop (1961) | |
2019 | A Temporary Surrender |
2018 | I Am Spartacus |
The Privilege Of Milking | |
Day 20: Relief | |
2017 | Try Not To Run Short, Too |
2016 | I Feel The Same (Thankful) |
2015 | It Couldn’t Hurt |
2014 | Sir, I Have Reasoned It Out! |
2013 | What Are We Becoming? |
2012 | Miracles |
2011 | “W” Finds A Nut! |
2010 | No Strain At All, But I’m Not Sure About Stress… |
An Evening at the Pavilion… | |
Still Stumbling
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith, God, Philosophy, Proverbs, Proverbs 29:18, Quotes, Stumbling on August 9, 2021| Leave a Comment »
When people can’t see what God is up to, they stumble all over themselves. | |
— Proverbs 29:18 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | #45: Diarrhea Of The Mouth, Constipation Of The Brain |
Not As Often As I Used To | |
2019 | Four Buffett’s |
2018 | Change Happens |
Day 13: Ginger / Mint Relief | |
2017 | Still Removing Bricks |
2016 | Namaste |
2015 | Still Learning |
2014 | Dark Processes |
2013 | To The Last Link |
2012 | Slept In Again |
2011 | Home Again, Naturally |
2009 | Thoughts after a long day of OT… |
6/1 Capitol Riot Commission
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged 6/1 Capitol Riot Commission, Acting, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Evil, God, Guilt, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Silence, Speaking on July 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. | |
Not to speak is to speak. | |
Not to act is to act. | |
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Fact Check: Presidential Memories |
Vote In November! | |
2019 | Where Today’s Republican Party Is Failing America (And The President) |
2018 | Either / Or |
2017 | Redemptive Power |
2016 | On Calls To Renew Waterboarding / Torture |
2015 | Still Struggling |
2014 | How To Become A Saint |
2013 | Not Much Change |
Our Biggest Fear | |
2012 | Brain, n. |
2011 | Styles Of Leadership |
2010 | Face Front! |
And Yet I Still Pray
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith, God, Jean Ingelow, Philosophy, Prayers, Quotes on May 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered. | |
— Jean Ingelow | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | What Am I Missing? |
If Only | |
2019 | For Most #IncompetentDonald Followers |
2018 | I Dare You |
2017 | To Republicans Who Choose Party Over Country |
2016 | All About Control |
2015 | Liberty Is Extravagant |
2014 | Always Remember To Reach |
Have You Registered To Vote Yet? | |
2013 | Ripples From The Water’s Edge |
Because I Was Alone | |
2012 | POI vs Reality |
Dear And Sacred | |
2011 | Chilled Again |