December 29 As long as there is violence, there will be war. One cannot defeat violence with more violence, only with nonresistance to and nonparticipation in it. -LETURNO If my soldiers started thinking, not a single soldier would remain in my army -FREDERICK II The wild instinct of military murder has developed in humanity over… Continue reading Untitled
Author: Frantz Rimpel
December 28
December 28 Science is vitally important when it is harnessed to reveal the law of human life. In order to accept the importance of science, we must prove that this activity is useful. Scientists usually demonstrate that they are doing something and that maybe sometime, someday, this could be useful for people in the future. … Continue reading December 28
Is man irreparably resolved not to find its perfect balance in the world?
After listening to and viewing a report on Rwanda, and to respond to a friend who sent me a text dated more than 500 years ago. Whose title is: The Pope Nicholas V, Tommaso Parentucelli (1398-1455), which (supposedly) ordered and allowed slavery January 8, 1454. This 8 January 1454, the day where the Vatican declared holy war… Continue reading Is man irreparably resolved not to find its perfect balance in the world?
December 27
December 27 All that we see and know does not exist in reality, because it is the product of our limited ability to understand reality. Instead of saying that the world is reflected in our intellect, better to say that our intellect is reflected in the world GEORGE LICHTENBERG Old fortresses are destroyed, monuments to… Continue reading December 27
What one should know about Christmas
Merry Christmas or happy birth! What an inspiration! You might say, these are only words! A music, a song, lyrics that continue throughout time to raise the hearts. In each period, this song comes to remind us of our responsibility, by our sincere prayers, our fervent meditations, regardless of our religious trends, in order to… Continue reading What one should know about Christmas
December 26
December 26 Childhood is the period in which underlying convictions are formed. Therefore, the most important part of education is the selection of the things of which a child should be convinced. Talking and reasoning does not even have one thousandth the influence a true example has. All lessons about how to behave are worthless… Continue reading December 26
December 25
December 25 Kindness and virtue come from the heart, and should be performed without thought for the opinion of others, or of future rewards. Virtue and charity start at home. If you have to go somewhere to display it, then it is not virtue. Assistance given to the poor by the rich is too often… Continue reading December 25
December 24
December 24 Stating from early childhood, as we age we feel the growth of our spiritual power and the diminution of our physical power. Older people who live spiritual lives ever widen their spiritual horizons, and ever expand their consciences. Older people who live only a daily routine become more and more stupid over the… Continue reading December 24
December 23
December 23 Wisdom is understanding how eternal truth can be applied to life. Socrates was the first who brought philosophy from heaven, distributed it among the people, and enticed them to study the science of life, human morals, and the consequences of good and evil. Science is seldom connected with wisdom. A scholarly son knows… Continue reading December 23
December 22
December 22 Nothing seems to check the notion that the way to improve civilization is affected by changing its outer forms. This notion is false, and draws the activity of too many people away from effort that truly can improve our lives. Civilization is first of all a moral thing. Without truth, for duty, love… Continue reading December 22