Saturday, June 14, 2025

“within every analogy is a fallacy”

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"Within every analogy is a fallacy.” "False Analogy. This fallacy erroneously suggests that because two things are alike in some r...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Turtle by Kay Ryan

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Turtle by Kay Ryan  Who would be a turtle who could help it?  A barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet,  she can ill afford the chance...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

"Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created?"

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Question: "Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created?" quote: The phrase "Do you...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”

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“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” ~ Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, from “Twilight of the Idols” published in 1889.  The ...
Monday, June 02, 2025

"The best revenge is not to resemble your enemies"

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 New York Times Tuesday, May 27, 2025, p. A1, A6 Embassy Aide Quietly Buried Back in Israel By ISABEL KERSHNER BEIT ZAYIT, Israel -  Weeks b...
Friday, May 23, 2025

"If there is no God, nothing matters. If there is a God, nothing else matters"

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"If there is no God, nothing matters. If there is a God, nothing else matters" ~ H.G. Wells

“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something”

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“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something,” says Thorin Oakenshield in J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved fantasy novel The Hobbit...

Tolkien on the death of his friend C. S. Lewis

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After Lewis' death, Tolkien would say, “So far I have felt the normal feelings of a man my age — like an old tree that is losing all its...
Sunday, May 18, 2025

"Wars tend to cause more problems than they solve."

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"Wars tend to cause more problems than they solve." ~ Howard Zinn