Mind
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may be prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” ~Romans 12:2. Our mind can often limit our spirit and body. So a man thinks, so a man is.
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Opportunity
This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:– There spread a cloud of dust along a plain; And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince’s banner Wavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by foes. A craven hung along the battle’s edge, Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~David O. McKay
“Let us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, that power to work is a blessing, that love of work is success.” ~David O. McKay Continue reading
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Possibilities In Spare Moments
Editor’s Note: This excerpt is from Orison Swett Marden’s 1894, Pushing To The Front, but inspired from an amazing AOM post based on the same chapter. On the floor of the gold-working room, in the United States Mint at Philadelphia, there is a wooden lattice-work which is taken up when the floor is swept, and the Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Gustave Flaubert
“Be regular and orderly in your daily affairs that you may be violent and original in your work.” ~Gustave Flaubert Continue reading
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Chesterton, Tertullian and C.S. Lewis on Arguments
Originally posted on Mere Inkling Press: With civil discourse in such short supply today, it may be beneficial to consider some wisdom from the past about disagreeing calmly. If you’re a thoughtful person, and you interact with other rational people, it’s inevitable that you will sometimes disagree. These differences of opinion are not bad things,… Continue reading
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Quote To Ponder ~Thomas Jefferson
“Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, He must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.” ~Thomas Jefferson Continue reading
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The Hobbit Is Turning 80. Here’s What Reviewers Said About It in 1937
The Hobbit Is Turning 80. Here’s What Reviewers Said About It in 1937 Lily Rothman | Time Repost When the first edition of The Hobbit: or, There And Back Again was first published — 80 years ago, on Sept. 21, 1937 — C.S. Lewis famously called the book a “marvellous” classic-in-the-making, and the New York Continue reading

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