truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:25 am

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
Golda Meir

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:27 am

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
Golda Meir

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:28 am

You'll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.
Golda Meir

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:41 am

..we ought to learn the virtues through practicing them, not merely through talking about them, so that by acquiring the habit of them we do not forget what is of benefit to us. 'The kingdom of God', St. Paul says, 'resides not in words but in power' (I Cor. 4:20). For he who tries to discover things through actual practice will come to understand what gain or loss lies in any activity that he pursues..."

St. Peter of Damaskos (Book 1:A Treasury of Divine Knowledge, The Philokalia Vol. 3 pg. 183)

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:49 am

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
Baruch Spinoza

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:50 am

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
Baruch Spinoza

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 4 January 2007 9:51 am

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
Baruch Spinoza