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| 2 Kinds of Happiness
There are two kinds of happiness - the temporary pleasure derived primarily from material comfort alone and another more enduring comfort that results from the thorough transformation and development of the mind. We can see in our own lives that the latter ...
| Philosophy |
| Gun Control, Texas-style
Around midnight, a woman from Houston , Texas was arrested for shooting a man 6 times in the back as he was running away with her purse.
Three days later, the woman was called in front of the Arraignment Judge, sworn-in, and asked to explain her actions. ...
| Humor |
| Joy in Wisdom
Proverbs 3:13-14
13 Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding.
14 For wisdom is more profitable than silver, and her wages are better than gold.
| Bible |
| Personal Accountability
We must reject the notion that, every time a law is broken, society is guilty and not the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
-- Ronald Reagan
| Philosophy |
| Not Good Enough
Overheard at the local watering hole:
"Ever since we got married, my wife has tried to change me. She got me to stop drinking, smoking and running around until all hours of the night. She taught me how to dress well, enjoy the fine arts, gourmet cooking, ...
| Humor |
| Waiting on the Ark
Genesis 8:6-9
6 At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the large boat which he had made.
7 Then he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.
8 Then he sent out a dove, to see if the water ...
| Bible |
| A Central Purpose
A central purpose serves to integrate all the other concerns of a man’s life. It establishes the hierarchy, the relative importance, of his values, it saves him from pointless inner conflicts, it permits him to enjoy life on a wide scale and to carry that ...
| Philosophy |
| Spinning Orientals
If you take a Oriental person and spin him around several times, does he become disoriented?
| Humor |
| Accepting Discipline
Proverbs 3:11-12
11 My child, don’t reject the Lord’s discipline, and don’t be upset when he corrects you.
12 For the Lord corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.
| Bible |
| Taxes and Waste
Sending more taxpayer dollars to Washington isn’t the solution to this situation; cutting wasteful government spending and enabling Americans to keep more of their own money is.
-- Rand Paul
| Philosophy |
| Blonde Going to Heaven
A blonde girl died and met Saint Peter at the pearly gates.
Peter said, "Before you get to come into Heaven, you have to pass a test. But it's an easy one," he added when the blonde looked worried."
"Who was God's son?" asked Saint Peter.
The blonde ...
| Humor |
| End of the Rains
Genesis 7:24, 8:1-2
7:24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.
8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the cattle that were with him in the large boat. Then God made a wind blow over the earth until the water ...
| Bible |
| Socialist Snobbery
The two most potent post-war orthodoxies - socialist politics and modernist art - have at least one feature in common: they are both forms of snobbery, the anti-bourgeois snobbery of people convinced of their right to dictate to the common man in the name ...
| Philosophy |
| Alone in the Forest
If a man is alone in the forest, and he says something, and there's no woman there to disagree with him, is he still wrong?
| Humor |
| Honor the Lord
Proverbs 3:9-10
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce.
10 Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.
| Bible |
| Taxes vs. Spending
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
-- Ronald Reagan
| Philosophy |
| Husband's Location
Q: What do you call a woman who knows where her husband is every night?
A: A widow.
| Humor |
| God Rewards Those Who Trust
Psalm 5:11-12
11 Let all who put their trust in You be glad. Let them sing with joy forever. You make a covering for them, that all who love Your name may be glad in You.
12 For You will make those happy who do what is right, O Lord. You will cover ...
| Bible |
| Personal Philosophy
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
| Philosophy |
| Sports Media Bias
Two boys were playing football in Central Park when one was attacked by a Rottweiler. Thinking quickly, the other boy rips off a board of the nearby fence, wedges it down the dog's collar and uses it as leverage to break the huge dog's neck.
Seeing this, ...
| Humor |
| Effects of the Great Flood
Genesis 7:20-23
20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.
21 Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
22 ...
| Bible |
| Academic Purpose
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.
Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
-- Ambrose Bierce
| Philosophy |
| Little Johnny Does Math
Little Johnny was busy doing his homework when his mother heard him say:
"One and one, the son-of-a-bitch is two."
"Two and two, the son-of-a-bitch is four."
"Three and three"
"Where did you learn to say that?" His mother interrupted.
When Little ...
| Humor |
| Be Not Proud
Proverbs 3:7-8
7 Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
8 Then you will have healing for your body and strength for your bones.
| Bible |
| Rights and Voting
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the ...
| Philosophy |