“Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven.” MenHumansHeavenBornPerfectWiseErrorsFaultsAffairConnectedWorldlyPerfect Happiness Author:Gerald of Wales
“If we would accept heaven's life, we need by all means to live in the world and to participate in its duties and affairs. In this way, we accept a spiritual life by means of our moral and civic life; and there is no other way a spiritual life can be formed within us, no other way our spirits can be prepared for heaven. This is because living an inner life and not an outer life at the same time is like living in a house that has no foundation, that gradually either settles or develops gaping cracks or totters until it collapses.” IfsWorldWayNeedsMeanSpiritualSpiritHouseHeavenAcceptingMoralDutyFoundationPreparedAffairSettlingCracksSpiritual LifeCollapseBe PreparedCivicsInner Life Book:Heaven and hell Source: Heaven and hell
“If the course of human affairs be considered, it will be seen that many things arise against which heaven does not allow us to guard.” IfsHumansDoeCoursesHeavenDestinyAffairArise Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“So the laws of good driving forbade you to go off the magic ribbon except in extreme emergencies. You were ethically entitled to several inches of margin at the right-hand edge; and the man approaching you was entitled to an equal number of inches; which left a remainder of inches between the two projectiles as they shot by. It sounds risky as one tells it, but the heavens are run on the basis of similar calculations, and while collisions do happen, they leave time enough in between for universes to be formed, and successful careers conducted by men of affairs.” MenTwoEnoughHandsHappensRunningLawUniverseLeftHeavenSoundNumbersCareersSuccessfulMagicHe ManEqualShotsBasesAffairEdgesExtremesDrivingInchesEntitledEmergenciesMarginsCalculationsCollisionRibbonsSuccessful CareerProjectile Book:Oil! Source: Oil!