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Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.Criss Jami
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Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.Carl R White
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FRUITS AND NUTSKeep jumping around them like monkeys. The clones, Commercialized zombies, And the TV junkies. Keep throwing berries, Twigs, And nuts at them. Until they wake up To see what's up And figure out why We're laughing at 'em.Suzy Kassem
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Casting a curious gaze down on planet Earth, extra-terrestrial beings could well be forgiven for assuming that we humans are programmed in every move we make, by a palm-sized, oblong, slab of glass. More perplexing than that, who on earth could convince them otherwise ?Alex Morritt
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You will never choose love greater than what you believe you deserve and what other insecure people tell your lack of self esteem to have faith in.Shannon L. Alder
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Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.Shannon L. Alder
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People that don't know what they are worth will always see their capture's wings, but never their tail.Shannon L. Alder
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Half of the time, the Holy Ghost tries to warn us about certain people that come into our life. The other half of the time he tries to tell us that the sick feeling we get in a situation is not the other person’s fault, rather it is our own hang-ups. A life filled with bias, hatred, judgment, insecurity, fear, delusion and self-righteousness can cloud the soul of anyone you meet. Our job is never to assume, instead it is to listen, communicate, ask questions then ask more, until we know the true depth of someone’s spirit. .Shannon L. Alder
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Needs are imposed by nature. Wants are sold by society.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Truth changes with the season of our emotions. It is the shadow that moves with the phases of our inner sun. When the nights falls, only our perception can guess where it hides in the dark. Within every solar system of the soul lies a plan of what truth is--- the design God has created, in our own unique story. This is as varying as the constellations, and as turning as the tide. It is not one truth we live to, but many. If we ever hope to determine if there is such a thing as truth, apart from cultural and personal preferences, we must acknowledge that we are then aiming to discover something greater than ourselves, something that transcends culture and individual inclinations. Some say that we must look beyond ourselves and outside of ourselves. However, we don’t need to look farther than what is already in each other. If there was any great plan from a higher power it is a simplistic, repetitious theme found in all religions; the basic core importance to unity comes from shared theological and humanistic virtues. Beyond the synagogue, mosques, temples, churches, missionary work, church positions and religious rituals comes a simple “message of truth” found in all of us, that binds theology---holistic virtues combined with purpose is the foundation of spiritual evolution. The diversity among us all is not divided truth, but the opportunity for unity through these shared values. Truth is the framework and roadmap of positive virtues. It unifies diversity when we choose to see it and use it. It is simple message often lost among the rituals, cultural traditions and socializing that goes on behind the chapel doors of any religion or spiritual theology. As we fight among ourselves about what religion, culture or race is right, we often lose site of the simple message any great orator has whispered through time----a simplistic story explaining the importance of virtues, which magically reemphasizes the importance of loving one another through service. .Shannon L. Alder
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Sometimes your belief system is really your fears attached to rules.Shannon L. Alder
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Arrange your life in such a way that you don't make choices based on fear of God, instead of love of God.Shannon L. Alder
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Satan will always whisper don't care, be silent, you didn't do anything wrong, your better than them, your stronger than your enemies. However, a true daughter or son of God says back: I hurt so I will make it right. I was silent, but now I am ready to listen and share. I am not better because I know what I have done. I am not stronger than my enemies by hating them, but by healing them.Shannon L. Alder
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People's behaviors are messages, not a diagnosis because I can no longer discern the world's version of insanity.Shannon L. Alder
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Liberalism is the ideology of Western suicide. When once this initial and final sentence is understood, everything about liberalism - the beliefs, emotions and values associated with it, the nature of its enchantment, its practical record, its future - falls into place.James Burnham
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When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.Shannon L. Alder
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Most people do not have a problem with you thinking for yourself, as long as your conclusions are the same as or at least compatible with their beliefs.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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To think because you have been “saved” that you are now sane is insanity. God doesn’t fix the mind. He only gives you opportunities to have moments of clarity. It is your job to climb the mountain and see above the clouds for yourself, not to believe the congregation's interpretation of the view.Shannon L. Alder