Ideas

Journal Ideas

1. I was sad when I saw I had no shoes until I met a man who has no feet
2. We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are. Anais Nin
3. The three things that make a nation truly democracy are: voting rights for all, education for all, minority rights for all...
4. Explain, "Everyone of us indirectly runs the government."
5. The events of the French Revolution: storming the Bastille, pto Versailles, tennis court oath, September massacres, reign of terror, 1st, 2nd, 3rd estate, kings escape, declaration of the rights of man, constitution of 1791, the great fear,
6. The Iliad & Odyssey is the first western literature masterpiece
7. Plato believed in rule by philosopher kings
8. Aristotle believed in rule by aristocracy
9. Socrates believed in rule by
10. What happens when cultures collide?
11. Freedom and equality are everlasting enemies
12. If I have seen further it was because I was standing on he shoulders of giants. Newton
13. History or Historia means inquiry or investigation or detective story
14. The seasoning phase of the slave trade
15. In the last 3,421 years only 269 years have seen no war
16. A long period of peace always weakens the fighting muscles of a nation
17. Religion is the one thing that has kept the poor from murdering the rich  
18. The final test of history is to survive
19. Comets freedom leads to anarchy and chaos...so limits to freedom or laws give us order to be free
20. Dictatorship naturally arises out of Democracy. -Plato
21. Civilizations never die for they live on in the literature, art and memories of the people.
22. A great civilization is not conquered from without until it is first destroyed from within. -Will Durant
23. What I hear I forget. What I see I remember. What I do I understand. - Lao Tzu
24. The only thing we haveyo fear is fear itself. FDR
25. Conquered brutally, ruled peacefully Genghis Kahn
26. Top 7 Conquerers: Genghis Kahn, Alexander the Great, Timor, Cyrus, Atilla, Adolf Hitler & Napoleon
27. The rule of law is written so that the strong never harm the weak. -Hammurabi (282 laws)
28. Explain the 7 components of a civilization?
29. What is it all about?
30. Where is it all going?
31. Who is asking the question?
32. What do you love when you love freedom?
33. We place things upon your heart so that when it breaks the words fall in and then we understand
34. 7 Greatest Questions: why?, what did I learn?, how can i help you?, what if?, how can this be improved?, how can I share my gratitude?, what is the best use of my time now?
35. What are the biggest misconceptions about you?
36. Tell me about a time when you changed someones mind?
37. Tell me about a time when you changed your own mind?
38. How would you like to be remembered?
39. Who is the kindest person in your life?
40. Time management = address urgent, accomplish early, attach deadline