Website owner: James Miller
Quotations --- Plutarch
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.
So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history.
The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it.
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes
the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
Being conscious of having done a wicked action leaves stings of remorse behind it,
which, like an ulcer in the flesh, makes the mind smart with perpetual wounds; for
reason, which chases away all other pains, creates repentance, shames the soul with
confusion, and punishes it with torment.
Jesus Christ and His Teachings
Way of enlightenment, wisdom, and understanding
America, a corrupt, depraved, shameless country
On integrity and the lack of it
The test of a person's Christianity is what he is
Ninety five percent of the problems that most people have come from personal foolishness
Liberalism, socialism and the modern welfare state
The desire to harm, a motivation for conduct
On Self-sufficient Country Living, Homesteading
Topically Arranged Proverbs, Precepts, Quotations. Common Sayings. Poor Richard's Almanac.
Theory on the Formation of Character
People are like radio tuners --- they pick out and listen to one wavelength and ignore the rest
Cause of Character Traits --- According to Aristotle
We are what we eat --- living under the discipline of a diet
Avoiding problems and trouble in life
Role of habit in formation of character
Personal attributes of the true Christian
What determines a person's character?
Love of God and love of virtue are closely united
Intellectual disparities among people and the power in good habits
Tools of Satan. Tactics and Tricks used by the Devil.
The Natural Way -- The Unnatural Way
Wisdom, Reason and Virtue are closely related
Knowledge is one thing, wisdom is another
My views on Christianity in America
The most important thing in life is understanding
We are all examples --- for good or for bad
Television --- spiritual poison
The Prime Mover that decides "What We Are"
Where do our outlooks, attitudes and values come from?
Sin is serious business. The punishment for it is real. Hell is real.
Self-imposed discipline and regimentation
Achieving happiness in life --- a matter of the right strategies
Self-control, self-restraint, self-discipline basic to so much in life