“If your parents were strong in one way and weak in another, you will be strong in the same way and weak in the same way. Even though you detest the weakness in them, you will find that you will do exactly the same things because they imprinted you.” IfsWayStrongParentAwarenessBuddhismWeaknessWeakOne WayDetest Author:Frederick Lenz
“One of the great weaknesses of the progressive, as distinct from the religious, mind, is that it has no awareness of truth as such; only of truth in terms of enlightened expediency. The contrast is well exemplified in two exact contemporaries - Simone Weil and Simone de Beauvoir; both highly intelligent and earnestly disposed. In all the fearful moral dilemmas of our time, Simone Weil never once went astray, whereas Simone de Beauvoir, with I am sure the best of intentions, has found herself aligned with apologists for some of the most monstrous barbarities and falsehoods of history.” MindWellsTwoFoundTermReligiousMoralAwarenessWeaknessIntelligentIntentionOur TimeEnlightenedProgressiveFearfulContrastFalsehoodDilemmaMonstrousExpediencyBarbarityMoral DilemmaHighly Intelligent Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“Compassion is not pity ... compassion never considers an object as weak or inferior. Compassion, one might say, works from a strength born of awareness of shared weakness, and not from someone else's weakness. And from the awareness of the mutuality of us all. Thus to put down another as in pity is to put down oneself.” MightBornCompassionAwarenessObjectsWeaknessWeakOneselfPityInferiors Book:A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice Source: A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice
“Every human being has appetites difficult to control but far fewer have humility, gentleness, and an awareness of their weaknesses.” HumansDifficultHuman BeingsAwarenessHumilityWeaknessAppetiteFewerGentleness Book:Velocity: A Novel Source: Velocity: A Novel