Category Archives: Being Human

Quotes From The Tao Te Ching #1

Posted on January 8, 2018 by randomyriad

17 Acting Simply True leaders are hardly known to their followers.  Next after them are the leaders the people know and admire; after them, those they fear; after them, those they despise.   To give trust is to get trust. … Continue reading →

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How to Live in The Time Of Monsters

Posted on November 26, 2017 by randomyriad

 … It is indeed my opinion now that evil is never “radical,” that it is only extreme, and that it possesses neither depth nor any demonic dimension. It can overgrow and lay waste the whole world precisely because it spreads … Continue reading →

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A Collage Poem of Random Pieces

Posted on October 30, 2017 by randomyriad

…we’re riddled with pointless talk, insane quantities of words and images. Stupidity’s never blind or mute. So it’s not a problem of getting people to express themselves but of providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find … Continue reading →

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Video: Amid crime and blight, Natalie Thomas plants peace and community

Posted on October 21, 2017 by randomyriad

Originally posted on Vox Populi:
. Since 2011, Natalie Thomas has been the caretaker of the Unified Positive Effect Community Garden at the corner of Climax Street and Estella Avenue in the Betzhoover neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Thomas, 57, said the…

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Some More Ways to Sustain and Develop Open Minds.

Posted on March 5, 2017 by randomyriad

Illustration by Maurice Sendak Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for teachers who wish to promote the development of open minds. 1: Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. 2: Do not think it worthwhile to produce belief by concealing evidence, for … Continue reading →

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