The Desert Fathers, Sunday, November 21, 2010

Abba Poemen said, 'To throw yourself before God, to not measure your progress, to leave behind all self-will -- these are the instruments for the work of the soul.'

                                                       Abba Poemen the Shepherd

Founders Friday, November 19, 2010

A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.

                                                         James Madison, Essay on Property, March 29, 1792

From the Desert Fathers

Humility protects the soul from all the passions and also from every temptation.

Dorotheos

Founders Friday, November 12, 2010

'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance, it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

                                George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796

Veterans Day, November 11, 2010

Thanks to all veterans who haved served our country with pride.  May we never forget the sacrifices you made, and may we never lose the courage, character, and sense of duty you all have displayed so proudly.  Stand tall.

Mentos Rainbow - Spider

Here's a commercial, from Britain that pretty entertaining, and, it manages to get across the point they're trying to make at the same time.  So rare these days.

Enjoy!

From the Desert Fathers

One of the brothers asked abba Isidore, a priest of scetis, "Why are the demons so terrified of you?" And the old man said, "Ever since I became a monk I have tried never to let anger rise as far as my mouth."