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09/17/2009 07:08:00 jim Plato - The Republic | Thu |||||||||||||||||||
Plato wrote in his "The Republic" Each member of a society ought to do what they are best at and be alleviated from responsibility of those things they are not good at, which can be done by others. I often wonder what kind of world this philosphy would create. How would it be, if Johnny started school in the fifth grade, past his olderer sister in the second? I think right now, capitolism and free enterprise tries to allow us to find our own levels in society. And I wonder how well that is working. To me, the levels we find still seem to be determined by wealth and locations that present opportunity; and not merit. Brilliant minds are rarely discovered in Podunk and feeble minds often have highly financed degrees. |
03/22/2007 09:53:31 jim Misc One Liners | Thu |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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03/21/2007 11:56:59 jim Marcus Aurelius One Liners | Wed |||||||||||||||||||
Good and Bad -A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. -A good man judges himself by a higher ideal. -A bad man judges himself by a lower ideal. -Be content with what you've become. -Anything good is possible. -Poverty is the mother of crime. -Do good to others without thinking about what you have lost, like a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes. Fate -Accept and love your fate. -Adapt yourself to what fate has dealt you. -Love those who destiny brought to you. -Each day provides its own gifts. -Everything that happens, happens as it should. -Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future. -All victory lies in the organization of its secrets. Work -Do every task as if it were your last act. -When in Rome, do as the Romans. -If it is not right do not do it. -If it is not true do not say it. -Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than those who constantly read. -Where a man can live, he can also live well. The Mind -You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. -Anger cannot be dishonest. -Beauty comes from within. Beauty is not made better or worse by praise. -Aptitudes come from understanding. Aptitudes are often inherited. -Genius comes from reason and imagination. Genius is rarely inherited. -Confine yourself to the present. -Desire make us its puppets. -Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. -Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. -Every act has a purpose. -Broaden your mind by investigating systematically all that comes to you. -Reject your injuries and the injury will disappear. -Happiness depends on the quality of your thoughts -Happiness is a decision that you make. Life -Death releases us from our senses, desires, and mind. It frees us from the hard service of the flesh. -Death is natural. Welcome it. It should not be feared. -Not living life is worse than dying. -Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle. -Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be. -Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. -Men exist for the sake of one another. -Life is what we think it is. -The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. -When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. |
03/13/2007 19:16:11 jim Aristotle One Liners | Tue |||||||||||||||||||
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. |
03/13/2007 14:18:44 jim One Liners from Stephen Hawking | Tue |||||||||||||||||||
03/13/2007 08:44:20 jim The One Liners from Einstein | Tue |||||||||||||||||||
Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That is relativity. |
09/17/2006 07:08:00 jim Plato - The Republic | Sun |||||||||||||||||||
Plato wrote in his "The Republic" Each member of a society ought to do what they are best at and be alleviated from responsibility of those things they are not good at, which can be done by others. I often wonder what kind of world this philosphy would create. How would it be, if Johnny started school in the fifth grade, past the grade of his olderer sister in the second? I think right now, capitolism and free enterprise tries to allow us to find our own levels in society. And I wonder how well that is working. To me, the levels we find still seem to be determined by wealth and locations that present opportunity; and not merit. Brilliant minds are rarely discovered in Podunk and feeble minds often have highly financed degrees. |
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