The People Learning Old Skills - Author Unknown

Be A Light For...A Quotation by Kylie Riordan

Kylie Riordan is an author/writer on a mission to inspire & elevate.

If Only...Author Unkown

When You Feel The Urge To...Author Unknown

What A Betrayal - A Poem by M.N. Hopkins

What a betrayal 

Not keeping your agreements

Now, we all suffer

© 2026  M.N. Hopkins

Note:  I wrote this poem a few days ago and published for the first time today, the 27th of July, 2027.  We have and will be betrayed by others in a lifetime.  Political, corporate,  judicial, relationship, family and whatever area of your life you can honestly look at.  Contracts are broken, promises and agreements not kept.  This has reached epidemic proportions in these mad times in which we live.  Do the best you can.

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Trust Without Judgement - Author Unknown

The Value Of Loyalty vs. The Damage Of Betrayal - Author Unknown

Never Folow A Leader Who Is...A Native North American Proverb

War Is A Billionaires Racket - A Quotation by Smedley Butler

Major General, USMC (Retired), (1881-1940).  

The Key To Being Happy Is...A Quotation by Dodinsky

DODINSKY is the author of the New York Times bestseller, In The Garden of Thoughts, which has also been published in Germany, South Korea, China and Latin America.

A Calm Mind Sees Opportunities - A Quotation by Zeno of Citium

Zeno of Citium (born c. 335 bce, Citium, Cyprus—died c. 263, Athens) was a Hellenistic thinker who founded the Stoic school of philosophy, which influenced the development of philosophical and ethical thought in Hellenistic and Roman times.

Respect Is Rare - A Quotation by M.N. Hopkins

Respect is rare as all good and positive concepts have become rare within the world of Man. This was not always so, but was a result of a weakness within the human personality structure, which allowed ego to take over, rather than that mature and loving Self that you call, the Soul.

© 2026  M.N. Hopkins

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Believe - Author Unknown

A Japanese Proverb - 日本のことわざ

始めるのは簡単だが、続けるのは難しい 

日本のことわざ

If You Want Peace - A Quotation by Marcus Aurelius

Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius was born on April 26, 121, in Rome, Italy. Known for his philosophical interests, Aurelius was one of the most respected emperors in Roman history.

A Society That Mocks Virtue - A Quotation by Plato

Plato Biography. Plato (423 BC – 348 BC) was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens – the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

The Dreams Of The Broken Are...A Quotation by Dodinsky

The dreams of the broken are mightier than the wishes of the dead.

Dodinsky,

DODINSKY is the author of the New York Times bestseller, In The Garden of Thoughts, which has also been published in Germany, South Korea, China and Latin America.

Evil Destroys Itself - A Quotation by Aristotle

Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.) numbers among the greatest philosophers of all time. 

Clear Eyed, Unbending - Three Variations Of The Same Theme - Three Poems by M.N. Hopkins

Version # 1

Clear eyed, unbending

Seeing through all deceptions

Now calm and certain

© 2026  M.N. Hopkins

Version # 2

Clear eyed, unbending

Seeing through all deceptions

The reckoning comes

© 2026  M.N. Hopkins

Version # 3

Clear eyed, unbending

Seeing through all deceptions

Justice is coming

© 2026  M.N. Hopkins

Note:  I wrote these three poems yesterday in the haiku style of poetry and published them for the first time today the 23rd of July, 2026.  If you would be so kind as to tell me the number or version of the poem that most resonates with you.

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A Sign Of An Intelligent Person Is....Author Unknown