truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 8:41 am

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
Immanuel Kant

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:04 am

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
Maimonides

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:06 am

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Maimonides

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:08 am

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
Maimonides

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:12 am

Charity, it is said, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth.' It often happens to us to see the unrighteous, sinful doings of men, or to hear of them, and we have a sinful habit of rejoicing at such doings, and of shamelessly expressing our joy by foolish laughter. This is wrong, unchristian, uncharitable and impious. It shows that we have not Christian love for our neighbor in our hearts: for charityrejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth .' Let us therefore, cease doing this so that we may not be condemned with the workers of iniquity.

St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ.

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:22 am

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
Golda Meir

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:24 am

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Golda Meir