Military & Demographic Powers

When, after a long while
Military powers prove ineffective
Demographic powers will then become
The grand conductors of human history.
05.31.10

Rightly & Wrongly

To behave rightly
A group needs a leader
And to behave wrongly
A group needs a leader.
05.30.10

Thoughts & Conflicts

“How dare you think so differently?
You either think like I or we do
Or else you are a traitor…”
Herein lie all the origins
Of human conflicts.
05.29.10

Dissonance & Peace

Stay away from those who are easily upset;
They will contaminate your tranquil soul
With their deep disharmony
Yet will not let you inseminate
Their restlessness with your peace.
05.28.10

Hurt Feelings & Distance

Those who consistently manage
To hurt each other’s feelings
Need to stay apart.
05.27.10

Griefs & Surprises

Accepting reality
Tempers griefs;
Preparing for reality
Tempers surprises.
05.26.10

Love & Fear

Love and fear contend for the human mind;
When fear overwhelms, the mind becomes loveless
But when love overpowers, the mind is rendered fearless.
05.25.10

Hubris & Humility

A humble human
When shown his errors
Learns and grows;
While the one
Afflicted with hubris
Is blind to his errors
Nor learns, nor grows.
05.24.10

Homo sapiens & Homo disturctivus

After Experiment Planet Earth
The universe has renamed Homo sapiens
Renamed them as Homo destructivus
And isolated them in space
So as not to contaminate
The rest of the universe
With their deadly seeds.
05.23.10

Pleaser & Pleased

Trying to please
Teaches bad habits
To both, the pleaser
And the pleased.
05.21.10

Wisdom & Peace

I miss my passions
But I love my wisdom;
And I miss my struggles
But I love my peace.
05.20.10

Effeteness & Nations

Nothing destroys a nation
Quicker than accrued effeteness
That pernicious malady of soft entitlements
Against which not even nuclear powers
Can ever stand a chance.
05.19.10

Capitalism & Socialism

Capitalism
Is ruthless to the poor
But discourages poverty;
Socialism
Is ruthless to the poor
And encourages poverty.
05.18.10

Good & Bad Traits

When you say you love me
You are, indeed, saying that
You also love my bad traits;
It takes no effort whatsoever
To only love my good traits.
05.17.10

Democracy & Dictatorship

Democracy encourages
The good to do their best
And the bad to do their worst;
Whereas dictatorships
Stifle the good and
Empower the bad.
05.16.10

Imagination & Dogma

We spend most of our lives
In the company of our imaginations
Which fly high with enlightenment
And are kept captive by dogma.
05.15.10

Youth & Age

An old person
Knows what youth is
Whereas a young person
Cannot know what old age is.
05.14.10

Passions & Death

Too bad
Our passions die
Before we do.
05.13.10

HIstoric Forces & Historic Men

Historic forces make historic men
Create nations, move the world;
It is anachronistic to say that
Men and nations move history
Rather than they are moved by it.
05.12.10

Lazy & Efficient

If you gather into one work force
The energetic and the lackadaisical
The lazy will find a way to work less hard
Leaving the efficient to do most of the work.
05.11.10

Humans & Identity

My conscious
Would castigate me if I were to wear
A national, religious, political, or other identity;
I am a representative of the only extant genus, Homo
Of the bipedal Hominidae primates of the great ape family
A member of the Kingdom, Animalia, of the Class, Mammalia
Of the 200,000 year old African dynesty, Homo sapiens
An ephemeral human spirit-a citizen of the world.
05.10.10

Life & Fear Of Death

Whosoever lives a life
That prepares him for death
Lives with less fear and more joy
Than one who fears death enough
To beg for life at any cost and
To live shrouded by myth.
05.09.10

History & Human Nature

History repeats itself
Only because
Human nature
Is immutable.
05.08.10

Poverty & Causes

Poverty is mostly
Environmental
Or mental
Or both.
05.07.10

Attitude & Situation

It's far easier
To change one’s attitude
Than one’s situation.
05.06.10

Beliefs & Powers

Show me a power that did not succumb
A force that did not become disempowered
An ideology that survived history’s bloody blade
Or a belief that did not fragment and become abused.
05.05.10

Powers & Conscience

There is no power with a conscience;
Powers aim to grow, self protect
And they suffer from hubris-
Whereas a conscience aims at justice
Protects others at self expense
And grows with humility.
05.04.10

Life & Danger

Life is dangerous
Only death is safe;
Everyone alive
Lives dangerously.
05.03.10

Injustice & Coping

One copes
With injustice
In four stages -
First comes anger
Then retribution ideas
Then realization of futility
Then the magnanimity of spirit
Summons forgiveness with a smile;
And that’s how the meek inherit the earth.
05.02.10

Life & Daath

All that one desires
After a long, beautiful life
Is a short, wonderful death.
05.01.10