Unstable Emergence

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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2017	Ten To Go
2016	Unstable Emergence
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Still Seeking (Believe It Or Not)

Believe those who are seeking the truth.  Doubt those who find it.
—   Andre Gide
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Global Climate Change May Test This Statement

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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Sometimes The Truth Hurts

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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A Little Cover

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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Unless

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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2015	Let There Be Light
2014	Unless
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Two Thoughts

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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2017	Just Asking
2016	Still A Burden
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2015	All A Game
2014	Two Thoughts
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2012	To The Soul…
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Patriotic == Tell The Truth

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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Children Will Judge

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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Unravelling

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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Exceptional

Is is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar.
—   Jerome K. Jerome
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Obviously Longer

The obscure we see eventually.  The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.
—     Edward R. Murrow
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2018	Nice To Meet You
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2016	Given The Choice
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Eloquence

If truth were self-evident, eloquence would not be necessary.
—    Cicero
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