If You Don't Like Learning...

Confucius said:


If you like humaneness but don't like learning, it degenerates into folly.
If you like knowledge but don't like learning, it degenerates into looseness.
If you like trust but don't like learning, it degenerates into depredation.
If you like honesty but don't like learning, it degenerates into stricture.
If you like bravery but don't like learning, it degenerates into disorder.
If you like strength but don't like learning, it degenerates into wildness.

Nine Thoughts

Confucius said:


Cultivated People Have Nine Thoughts.

When they look, they think of how to see clearly.
When they listen, they think of how to hear keenly.
In regard to their appearance, they think of how to be warm.
In their demeanor, they think of how to be respectful.
In their speech, they think of how to be truthful.
In their work, they think of how to be serious.
When in doubt, they think of how to pose questions.
When angry, they think of trouble.
When they see gain to be had, they think of justice.

What surprised the Dalai Lama most about humanity?

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Self-Destruction

The true meaning of a culture based on guns (and weapons)...Self-destruction!

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Only After the Last...Only After We Have Lost...We Will Learn!

Only after the last tree has been cut down
Only after the last river has been poisoned
Only after the last fish has been caught
Only then you will find out that money cannot be eaten.
(Cree Indian Prophecy)


(Picture: a majestic looking tree in the Walyunga National Park, a significant aboriginal campsite, WA, Australia - Nat)

The World is All Gates...

"We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)





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Fly or Crawl?

We can all fly...but we choose or are forced to crawl!






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