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“The things that lead us astray are short-term—lust, fear, vanity, gluttony. The things we call character endure over the long-term—courage, honesty, humility.”
“First there was the Greatest Generation, those members were self-sacrificing, self-effacing, and community-minded. Then along came the 1960s and the Baby Boomers, who were narcissistic, self-expressive, selfish, and morally lax.”
“First there was the Greatest Generation, those members were self-sacrificing, self-effacing, and community-minded. Then along came the 1960s and the Baby Boomers, who were narcissistic, self-expressive, selfish, and morally lax.”
“Some parents unconsciously
regard their children as something like an art project, to be crafted through
mental and emotional engineering. There is some parental narcissism here, the
insistence that your children go to colleges and lead lives that will give the
parents status and pleasure. Children who are uncertain of their parents’ love develop
a voracious hunger for it. This conditional love is like acid that dissolves
children’s internal criteria, their capacity to make their own decisions about
their own interests, careers, marriages, and life in general.”
“Humility is an awareness
that your individual talents alone are inadequate to the tasks that have been
assigned to you. Humility reminds you that you are not the center of the
universe, but you serve a larger order.”
“Joy is not produced because others praise you. Joy emanates unbidden and unforced. Joy comes as a gift when you least expect it. At those fleeting moments you know why you were put here and what truth you serve.”
“Joy is not produced because others praise you. Joy emanates unbidden and unforced. Joy comes as a gift when you least expect it. At those fleeting moments you know why you were put here and what truth you serve.”
