Aubrey Taylor, Editorbrother lawrence…and a key to gaining inner peace
n the beginning of my quest for gaining peace, this Catholic individual gave the first insight into the solution for that journey. But there is more to the story...(Republished from September, 2023.)
WIST QuotationsA quotation from John Quincy Adams
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) US President (1825-29)
Letter (1809-06-22) to William Eustis
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PhilosophicsPeople seem to love philosophical trolley problems, but they expose more about ontological grammar than a morality profile.
The first of a 2-part series on the trolley problem. Part 2 will extend the issue out of the lab and into reality with autonomous devices.
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A quotation from Bertrand Russell
I think the gist of the matter is that a saint can live without politeness, and indeed that politeness is incompatible with a saintly character. But the man who is always to be sincere must be free from spite and envy and malice and pettiness. Most of us have a dose of these vices in our composition and therefore have to excerise tact to avoid giving offence. We cannot all be saints, and if saintliness is impossible, we may at least try not to be too disagreeable.Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Essay (1933-02-01) “On Tact,” New York American
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Russell, Bertrand - Essay (1933-02-01) "On Tact," New York American | WIST Quotations
I think the gist of the matter is that a saint can live without politeness, and indeed that politeness is incompatible with a saintly character. But the man who is always to be sincere must be free from spite and envy and malice and pettiness. Most of us have a…
Bhante Nuntiyo BhikkhuDisobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
~Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism
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~Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism
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an autistic perspective of death…
We've all experienced loss, and many know someone who is Neurodivergent or Autistic. Ever wonder why it takes longer for someone on the Spectrum to recover from loss, especially death? Here's some insight into those unseen struggles.https://thedignityofman.net/2026/03/23/an-autistic-perspective-of-death-2/
unexpected growth…
What does it mean to grow? And what experiences in life helped me grow the most? Find out more...
TikkhapaññāOne should not think that sīla/moral behaviour is exclusively a human faculty, ...
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦“I cannot think of many things more anathema to #civic #virtue and a #freesociety than to try and do away with #introspection. And, in a way, that’s what #slopulism offers: external enemies, shadowy machinations, and very little interiority.”
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When virtue is banished, ambition invades the hearts of those who are disposed to receive it, and avarice possesses the whole community.
[Lorsque cette vertu cesse, l’ambition entre dans les cœurs qui peuvent la recevoir, & l’avarice entre dans tous.]
[Lorsque cette vertu cesse, l’ambition entre dans les cœurs qui peuvent la recevoir, & l’avarice entre dans tous.]
Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 3, ch. 3 (3.3) (1748) [tr. Nugent (1750)]
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Montesquieu - Spirit of Laws [The Spirit of the Laws; De l’esprit des lois], Book 3, ch. 3 (3.3) (1748) [tr. Nugent (1750)] | WIST Quotations
When virtue is banished, ambition invades the hearts of those who are disposed to receive it, and avarice possesses the whole community. [Lorsque cette vertu cesse, l’ambition entre dans les cœurs qui peuvent la recevoir, & l’avarice entre dans tous.] Speaking of republics. See notes here on Montesquieu's meaning of…