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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Goodness is Its Own Reward
It is an open question whether any behavior
based on fear of eternal punishment
can be regarded as ethical
or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
- Margaret Mead
To be admirable, morality must be its own reward.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Power is of two kinds.
One is obtained by the fear of punishment
and the other by acts of love
Power based on love
is a thousand times more effective and permanent
then the one derived from fear of punishment.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
- Barbara Deming
If people are good only because they fear punishment,
and hope for reward,
then we are a sorry lot indeed.
- Albert Einstein
Correcting bad habits cannot be done
by forbidding or punishment.
- Robert Baden-Powell (the founder of scouting)
Today's project:
Meaningful and joyful lives are lived by adhering to one's personal value system - one's principles. Today, write your six to eight most important values on an index card, and refer to that card as you go about your life today.
Further reading: Anger is Its Own Punishment
Finding Peace in Forgiveness
Revenge, the Deadliest Sin?
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