We should be slower to think that the man at his worst is the real man, and certain that the better we are ourselves the less likely is he to be at his worst in our company. Every time he talks away his own character before us he is signifying contempt for ours. -James M. Barrie, novelist, short-story writer, and playwright (1860-1937)
Not a very pithy statement, but very worth pondering, and taking to heart.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Alice Roosevelt Longworth,
"I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches." -- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Can a position so mindless be called a philosophy? It seems to rule out judgment altogether.
Can a position so mindless be called a philosophy? It seems to rule out judgment altogether.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
John Bradshaw, educator, counselor, motivational speaker, author
"Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight." -- John Bradshaw
Taking “ego” to mean self-centeredness or self-concern, I would agree that Bradshaw identifies what should be, but I fear that these days the reality for many is quite the opposite. Our modern culture more and more promotes the ideal of autonomous individualism, the tyranny of the self. Ego becomes all there is.
Taking “ego” to mean self-centeredness or self-concern, I would agree that Bradshaw identifies what should be, but I fear that these days the reality for many is quite the opposite. Our modern culture more and more promotes the ideal of autonomous individualism, the tyranny of the self. Ego becomes all there is.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)
One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. -John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)
The problem in the present age, or I suppose really in any age, is what counts as a proof, what kind of warrant is accepted or required.
The problem in the present age, or I suppose really in any age, is what counts as a proof, what kind of warrant is accepted or required.
John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. -John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)
Locke left something out. Man is more than just a mind in a body. He is also a spiritual being, and unless he is in a sound relationship with God he is not in a happy state in this world, let alone in the next.
Locke left something out. Man is more than just a mind in a body. He is also a spiritual being, and unless he is in a sound relationship with God he is not in a happy state in this world, let alone in the next.
Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, Nobel laureate (1905-1961)
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, -- quieter, warmer. -Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, Nobel laureate (1905-1961)
Good one!
Good one!
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet and dramatist (1759-1805)
As freely as the firmament embraces the world, / or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, / so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. -Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet and dramatist (1759-1805)
Or as Jesus put it, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Mt. 5:43-45
Or as Jesus put it, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Mt. 5:43-45
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