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Monday, August 30, 2010

PHILOSOPHY 101

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Philosophy asks the simple question:
What is it all about.
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Alfred North Whitehead
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The philosopher has to be the
bad conscience of his age.
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Fredrich Nietzsche
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Any two philosophers can tell each other
all they know in two hours.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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I have tried too in my time to be
a philosopher; but I don't know how,
cheerfulness was always breaking in.
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Oliver Edwards
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When he who hears does not know what
he who speaks means, and when he who speaks
does not know what he himself means,
that is philosophy.
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Voltaire
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Philisophy, rightly defined, is simply the
love of wisdom.
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Cicero
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Philosophy is the stray camel of the faithful;
take hold of it wherever ye come across it.
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Muhammad
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I doubt, therefore I think;
I think, therefore I am.
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Descartes
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

"LET ME DO IT NOW"

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I expect to pass through this world
but once. Any good thing, therefore,
that I can do, or any kindness I can show
a fellow being, let me do it now.
Let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.
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Stephen Grellet
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Friday, August 27, 2010

THE MEDICINE OF HUMOR

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There ain't much fun in medicine,
but there's a good deal of medicine in fun.
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Josh Billings
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

ORIGINALITY

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The more intelligent a man is,
the more originality he discovers in men.
Ordinary people see no difference
between men.
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Blaise Pascal
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

GLUTTONY

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Gluttons dig their graves with their teeth.
Jewish Proverb
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There are more gluttons than drunkards in hell.
Anonymous
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Most people eat as though they were fattening
themselves for the market.
Edgar W. Howe
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If I ran an ad in the papers in New Mexico calling
for movie extras in an upcoming production titled
FATTY PIGS ON PARADE, I'd get about half
the state to show up.
Todd Phillips
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The sin of Gluttony or Greed is one of careless overindulgence in the pleasures that God created as part of Nature. Just as Covetousness focuses on desirable objects, Gluttony focuses on pleasurable feelings or sensations of every kind. Gluttony is often regarded as a “warm and friendly” sin that permits good relationships with other people — friends can go out together to enjoy a movie, a meal, or a drink. At least, it begins that way, but in Gluttony the desire for pleasure does not know when to stop, because the focus on God has been lost. In his earlier work, the Inferno, Dante provides a vivid picture of Gluttony as it really is — a cold and lonely spiritual void. In Gluttony’s extreme forms — alcoholism, eating disorders, and drug addiction — its true nature is clearly revealed. To be freed from these extreme forms of Gluttony requires more than human effort — but that is true of all sin. No sin can be defeated without God’s help.

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In Ephesians 5:18–20, Paul tells us that we should focus on spiritual pleasures first, and reminds us of the natural counter-prayer associated with Gluttony: the giving of thanks or saying Grace. This focuses our attention back on God, and reminds us that any pleasure we feel uncomfortable thanking God for is a pleasure best avoided.
Tony Dekker

Here's a few websites with info, advice, and prayer:
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Monday, August 23, 2010

WISDOM FROM W.C. FIELDS

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Don't worry about your heart, it will last
as long as you live.
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Horse sense is the thing a horse has
that keeps it from betting on people.
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Ah, the patter of little feet around the house.
There's nothing like having a midget for a butler.
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Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of
snakebite, and furthermore always carry
a small snake.
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Some things are better than sex, and some
are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.
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It ain't what they call you,
it's what you answer to.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

PROSPERITY (?)

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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used;
not a deity to be worshipped.
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Calvin Coolidge
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Few of us can stand prosperity.
Another man's, I mean.
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Mark Twain
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Saturday, August 21, 2010

THE MYSTERIOUS

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The most beautiful thing we can experience
is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science.
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Albert Einstein
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