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Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Set aside justice, then, and what are kingdoms but great bands of brigands? For what are brigands’ bands but little kingdoms? For in brigandage the hands of the underlings are directed by the commander, the confederacy of them is sworn together, and the pillage is shared by law among them. And if those ragamuffins grow up to be able enough to keep forts, build habitations, possess cities, and conquer adjoining nations, then their government is no longer called brigandage, but graced with the eminent name of a kingdom, given and gotten not because they have left their practices but because they use them without danger of law. Elegant and excellent was that pirate’s answer to the great Macedonian Alexander, who had taken him; the king asking him how he durst molest the seas so, he replied with a free spirit: “How darest thou molest the whole earth? But because I do it only with a little ship, I am called brigand: thou doing it with a great navy art called emperor.”
— , City of God, Book IV
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Christian Simplicity and Integrity
In a continuing effort to expose Catholics and mainline Protestants to Quaker wisdom, here's another sampling from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting's 1972 edition of Faith and Practice.
"A life centered on God will be characterized by integrity, sincerity and simplicity. It need not be cloistered and may even be a busy […]
True Worship
"True worship, whether vocal or silent, is offering one's self to God = body, mind and soul - for the doing of His will. The fruit of worship is an increasing awareness of the Inward Light [i.e. the Holy Spirit], an experience of God's love and a fresh understanding of the two great […]
Chesterton vs Postmodernists
"My attitude toward progress has passed from antagonism to boredom. I have
long ceased to argue with people who prefer Thursday to Wednesday because it is
Thursday."
Ya gotta love a guy who posts
lengthy quotes from Chesterton. Go, Jollyblogger, go!
Dykstra Who?
A few days ago, my random quote was "Everybody is somebody else's weirdo",
attributed to Dykstra. One of my readers, the blogmaster over at "the
smedley log", asked if this might be one in the same with Lenny
Dykstra, retired baseball player and ersatz philosopher. I honestly have no
[…]
Wise Old Gilbert
Sometimes it's enlightening to soak up some of G.K.Chesterton's wisdom, especially
when it's obviously still applicable after 80 years.
"You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must
have a democracy in order to have a revolution." - Tremendous Trifles, 1909
"The whole modern […]
