"When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the..." - Quote by Plato
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.
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“Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the same and service of the body.”
“That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning minds around. It shouldn't be the art of implanting sight in the organ, but should proceed on the understanding that the organ already has the capacity, but is improperly aligned and isn't facing the right way.”
“Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, nor opposites at all without opposites.”
More on Morality
“There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right and not to fear to do or say what you believe to be right. That is the only way to deserve and to win the confidence of our great people in these days of trouble.”
“The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'”
“The principle of self defense, even involving weapons and bloodshed, has never been condemned, even by Gandhi.”
More on Intention
“The spirit from which we act is the principal matter.”
“There is competition, but it is used in a good way. It is positive to want to go first, provided the intention is to pave the way for others, make their path more easy, help them, or show the way. Competition is negative when we wish to defeat others, to bring them down in order to lift ourselves up.”
“The power of intention manifests as an expression of expanding creativity, kindness, love, and beauty.”