What happens when the law conflicts with your morals?
Category Archives: social issues
Clown World: 3 Quotes to Survive in Chaos
Surviving in chaos is a necessary requirement to build a better life.
The Four Masculine Virtues: A Discussion on Manhood as a Philosophy
“Being a male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of choice.” — Edwin Louis Cole
The Spirit of Liberty: 3 Quotes of Freedom
“No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free.” Buddha
“My Bad”: 3 Quotes on Holding Oneself Accountable
When was the last time you blamed yourself and took responsibility?
Virtue vs. Vice: Then and Now
“Freedom is the name of virtue: Slavery, of vice…. None is a slave whose acts are free.”
-Epictetus
Kindness Despite Disagreement
“Begin the morning by saying to yourself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil. … I can neither be injured by any of them, for no one can fix on me what is ugly, nor can I be angry with my kinsman, nor hate him.” -Marcus Aurelius
Self Discipline in a Consumer Culture
In a world of empty consumerism, self discipline may give your life meaning beyond consumption.
Respect vs Censorship
When morals no longer exist, people cling to government and censorship for solutions.
“This Too Shall Pass!” Living With Impermanence Through Hard Times.
“Thus strong wind does not last all morning.
Sudden rain does not last all day.
Even Heaven and Earth cannot make it last” -Tao Te Ching Chapter 23