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“The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things–the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit.” There’s something to be said about being genuine. Actually, there’s something much greater to be said about […]

Dear Google, This is a letter written to the staff at Google, fellow Google users, and anybody who happens to take a glance at this blog. Greetings. First of all, I’d like to commend you on your world class product of Google.com. The internet is all about connecting Point A to Point B, and you […]

Dear Lucifer, For as much of my life that has been spent inside of your world, it surprises me that we’ve never had the chance to chat. Got a minute? Of course you do; you aren’t going anywhere for, say, ever? Maybe it’s prime time that we had a chance to level with each other. […]

“When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for the game, the virtue passes out of him.” I’ve been doing a bit of thinking about the idea of having a clear vision of one’s identity and I have come to the conclusion that […]

So kill the evil desire lurking in your members: sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires, and all greed and covetousness, for that is idolatry. Kill. Put to death. Extinguish. Eliminate. Be rid of. Repent. Turn away. Return no more. Mortify. Purge. These are not friendly words. In fact, these are things you would never […]

“It’s not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.” It’s been an interesting period […]

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same G-d who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” I’ve been told, for over 3 years now, to figure out what it is that I want in life. However, upon reaching an intermediary solution for this question, […]

“The choice is not self-sacrifice or domination. The choice is independence or dependence. The code of the creator or the code of the second-hander. This is the basic issue. It rests upon the alternative of life or death. The code of the creator is built on the needs of a reasoning mind which allows man […]

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