Michael Josephson Commentary: Creating a Sustainable Ethical Culture 586.1

Michael Josephson Commentary: Creating a Sustainable Ethical Culture 586.1

Quotes from MJ's email;

Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.
– Buddhist saying
It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.
– Lena Horne, singer, actress
It is dangerous to abandon one’s self to the luxury of grief. It deprives one of courage and even of the wish for recovery.
– Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Swiss philosopher, poet (1821-1881)
We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.
– Berthold Auerbach, German-Jewish poet, author (1812-1882)
Surviving is a lot easier than living.
– Michael Josephson

Michael Josephson Commentary

Michael Josephson Commentary

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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
– Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French critic, novelist (1808-1890)
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don`t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week if there is anything to be got by it.
– Charles Dickens, British novelist (1812-1870)
The fondness we have for self furnishes another long rank of prejudices.
– Isaac Watts, British hymnodist (1674-1748)
The hypocrite would not be at so much pains to put on the appearance of virtue if he did not know it was the most proper and effectual means to gain the love and esteem of mankind.
– Joseph Addison, British essayist, poet (1672-1719)
It’s often hard to be honest when we think the truth will be used to our disadvantage, but to a person of character there’s no choice.
– Michael Josephson

Michael Josephson Commentary

Michael Josephson Commentary

Quotes from MJ's email:

The more things change, the more they stay the same.
– Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French critic, novelist (1808-1890)
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don`t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week if there is anything to be got by it.
– Charles Dickens, British novelist (1812-1870)
The fondness we have for self furnishes another long rank of prejudices.
– Isaac Watts, British hymnodist (1674-1748)
The hypocrite would not be at so much pains to put on the appearance of virtue if he did not know it was the most proper and effectual means to gain the love and esteem of mankind.
– Joseph Addison, British essayist, poet (1672-1719)
It’s often hard to be honest when we think the truth will be used to our disadvantage, but to a person of character there’s no choice.
– Michael Josephson