"There Is No Zeal Blinder"

"There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders."
Henry Fielding(1707-1754)   



I am persuaded that zeal can be a negative thing/attitude.  However, I also believe that zeal can be a positive attribute.  A zeal for goodness, fairness and kindness exists.  Nevertheless, it must be tempered with truth and reason. Yes, zeal can be blind.  But zeal can also be accurate, necessary and timely.  What good can get done if zeal and enthusiasm do not exist and inspire?  I can relate to the quote above, by Henry Fielding, but I do not agree with it completely.    RD

An Outstanding Quote By John Adams

"It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue.  If we 
suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives."

John Adams    (1735-1826)  Founding Father,    2nd US President

The Laws of Man

"The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy."        
John Quincy Adams   (1767-1848)   6th US President

I think the above quote has a point.  However, obedience to the laws of the land can certainly allow a man to be free, not be locked up, not be in chains, or not be put to death.  Obedience to the law offers a person  more freedom to seek wisdom, virtue and happiness.  Most of the time, obedience offers benefits.  Incarceration, chains and death are not usually factors that produce  wisdom, virtue, and happiness.  I am fully aware that there are exceptions, however.    RD

Justice Hugo Black (A Quote)

"The public welfare demands that constitutional cases be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges' views of fairness, reasonableness, or justice."

Justice Hugo L. Black    (1886-1971)      US Supreme Court

"Don't Pass Out, Girl!"

just now

 Yes, sometimes they are caught, sometimes they are not caught.  An attractive drunk girl at a party? Lots of young men there who are in their late teens to early twenties? It is late.  The party is getting a little wilder by the minute.  Three unspoken "rules" come into play: 

1)  Respect yourself and you will likely be respected  2)  Do not get drunk and pass out. 3)  Do not pass up an "opportunity" when it presents itself. Sometimes those 3 "rules" clash with each other because they originate from different sources.  Additionally, there is a world of difference between sexual activity among consenting participants and a forced participant. (s)  Two words come to mind:  legal, illegal.  Sometimes those words are "erased" by booze. (and/or drugs)  Obey the law.  Obey the law, even if you are wealthy and famous.  Obey the law, even if you are faced with some serious pressures not to do so.  Obey the law, even if you are void of moral parameters.  Better yet: do not place yourself in a condition where you are not in charge of your faculties. 

Don't Brag

When a person brags about something, he is "stealing glory."  Man.....let others praise you.  Think of a beautiful day.  Sunny, nice breeze, agreeable temperature, it will inspire you.  It is a beautiful day.  It is a glorious day. It is not a "fake beautiful day."  Nature does not pretend, it produces.  So should we.  Glory will come.  No need to brag.  Accomplishments speak for themselves, just like the beautiful day, it speaks for itself.  Don't brag.