My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. “Something cannot emerge from nothing,” he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable the truth can be. | |
— Frank Herbert | |
From his novel: “Dune“ | |
[The lessons we learn from our parents last a lifetime. In my case, from my single parent. Happy Birthday to my mother. Love Always, your son Kevin — kmab] | |
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Yesterday | |
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2020 | Thank You (To Those Who Serve) |
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2019 | Her Job, Too |
2018 | Just Another Song I Like |
Earlier Still | |
2017 | Ten To Go |
2016 | Unstable Emergence |
2015 | 88 |
2014 | Some One-Liners Are Too Easy |
2013 | Greatness |
2012 | Memories Of Arlington |
2011 | Wake Up |
Posts Tagged ‘On Truth’
Unstable Emergence
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dune, Frank Herbert, Happy Birthday Mom, My Journal, On Morality, On Truth, Philosophy, Quotes on April 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Still Seeking (Believe It Or Not)
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged André Gide, On Doubt, On Faith, On Truth, On Who To Believe, Philosophy, Quotes on October 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. | |
— Andre Gide | |
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2021 | A Long Way Down The Road |
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2019 | Bigger Hearts |
2018 | Signaled Progress |
2017 | No Progress, But Still Unreasonable |
2016 | Notes Unsaid |
2015 | Still Seeking (Believe It Or Not) |
2014 | Guidelines For Bureaucrats |
2013 | Failing At Normalization |
2012 | Are You An Expert? |
2011 | Joy! |
Global Climate Change May Test This Statement
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged C.S. Lewis, Global Climate Change, On Truth, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes on September 30, 2015| 6 Comments »
You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. | |
― C.S. Lewis | |
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2018 | Year One, Done! |
2017 | First Day Of Retirement! |
2016 | Revere And Criticize |
2015 | Global Climate Change May Test This Statement |
2014 | Adaptability Won |
2013 | Disappeared |
2012 | Fuller |
Life On The Range | |
More Classics | |
2011 | Stoned Again? |
2010 | Insubordination… And That’s Why I Love Her! |
Losing – Week One | |
Sometimes The Truth Hurts
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Bob Marley, Getting Hurt, On The Value Of Others, On Truth, Philosophy, Quotes, Suffering on May 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for. | |
— Bob Marley | |
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Is Your Sky Falling? | |
2017 | Unseen Here, Too |
2016 | Criticized Anyway |
2015 | Sometimes The Truth Hurts |
2014 | All Agreed, Say “Aye” |
2013 | Two Books, Two Movies |
Just Because | |
2012 | God’s Requirements |
2011 | Greater Purity |
A Little Cover
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Edward R. Murrow, On Truth, Philosophy, Quotes on May 15, 2014| 1 Comment »
Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit. | |
— Edward R. Murrow | |
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I’ve Got To Keep Working On It | |
2019 | Laugh With Me |
2018 | Both Sides, Mr. President? |
2017 | Republicans Better Wake Up |
2016 | Truth Telling |
2015 | To Be Effective In The Modern World |
2014 | A Little Cover |
2013 | Binding |
2012 | Lift |
2011 | Another Good Movie, Another Excellent Book |
miSFits | |
I’m Just Not Sure | |
Unless
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged François-Marie Arouet, On Truth, Philosophical Dictionary, Philosophy, Quotes, Voltaire on March 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »
This is the character of truth: it is of all time, it is for all men, it has only to show itself to be recognized, and one cannot argue against it. A long dispute means that both parties are wrong. | |
— Voltaire | |
From: “Philosophical Dictionary“ | |
[This presupposes that both parties are seeking truth. In philosophy, that may be the case. In politics, religion and commerce, that is rarely the case. Rather, opposing sides are seeking to improve (or maintain) the positions of their representative constituencies. It is rarely the case that a politician will side with the preponderance of truth when it runs against the economic interests of those who support him (or her) financially. Nor should we ever expect it to be so for more than the briefest of times. — kmab] | |
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2018 | An Old Style Conservative |
2017 | John Q. |
2016 | In Trembling Hope Repose |
2015 | Let There Be Light |
2014 | Unless |
2013 | Divergent Roads To Similarity? |
2012 | In The Process |
2011 | What Do You Emphasize? |
Two Thoughts
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Humor, Niccolò Machiavelli, On Flattery, On Honesty, On Truth, On Wanting To Be Alone, Oscar Levant, Quotes, The Prince on January 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you. | |
― Niccolò Machiavelli | |
From: “The Prince“ | |
Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome. | |
― Oscar Levant | |
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2022 | Do It |
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I Don’t Know That I Will | |
Only So Long | |
2020 | Each Meaning |
2019 | The Deep End |
Is Anyone ELSE Out There Listening? | |
2018 | Defining Characteristic |
2017 | Just Asking |
2016 | Still A Burden |
15 And Counting | |
2015 | All A Game |
2014 | Two Thoughts |
2013 | RIP – Dear Abby |
Half-Life Problems | |
2012 | To The Soul… |
2011 | Reverted!! |
Patriotic == Tell The Truth
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Leadership, On Patriotism, On Politics, On The Judgment Of History, On The Tea-Party, On Truth, Philosophy, Political Leadership, President Obama, Quotes, Theodore Roosevelt on October 6, 2013| 2 Comments »
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else. | |
— Theodore Roosevelt | |
(A Republican President known as “The Trust Buster” because he championed the breakup of monopolies.) | |
[This is the problem I have with the modern “Tea-Party” led Republican Party: they profess patriotism, yet are unable to tell the truth. The judgment of history will be far kinder to President Obama than it will be to a Tea-Party demented (I mean dominated) GOP. — kmab] | |
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2014 | Babies (I) |
2013 | Patriotic == Tell The Truth |
2012 | 30 Days To Go |
2011 | Altering The Course |
Children Will Judge
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, On The Future, On Truth, Philosophy, Quotes on August 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We cannot say whether the emerging world will be mostly “good” or mostly “evil” because the very definitions of these terms will change, and it is not we, but our children and their children who will do the judging, according to their own values. | |
— Alvin Toffler | |
From his book: “Future Shock“ | |
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2016 | Come Again… |
2015 | At Five |
2014 | Touching The Past |
The Supreme Question | |
2013 | Children Will Judge |
2012 | Liar, n. |
2011 | Freedom To Doubt |
Unravelling
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dorothy Allison, Mark Twain, On Lies, On Truth, Philosophy, Quotes on August 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies. | |
― Dorothy Allison | |
A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies. | |
― Mark Twain | |
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2012 | I Resolve |
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Obviously Longer
Posted in Quotes, tagged Edward R. Murrow, On Truth, Quotes on February 17, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer. | |
— Edward R. Murrow | |
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2020 | A Post-Valentine Thought |
2019 | A Little Magic |
‘Cause It Makes Me Feel Happy | |
The Mark Against Your Name | |
2018 | Nice To Meet You |
2017 | All Nations & Religions |
2016 | Given The Choice |
Why Is He Wearing Red? | |
2015 | Within The System |
2014 | None But… |
2013 | Obviously Longer |
2012 | A Childhood Poem |
Who Are You Callin’ Leather-Faced? | |
2011 | In No Particular Order |
The Need For Proof | |
Eloquence
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Cicero, Eloquence, On Truth, Philosophy, Quotes on August 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »
If truth were self-evident, eloquence would not be necessary. | |
— Cicero | |
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