Under no circumstances should any obstacles be placed in the way of responsible investigative reason seeking to understand anything. The peoples and cultures that hinder reason and prevent it from exploring any subject responsibly will themselves go extinct, or they…
Under no circumstances should any obstacles be placed in the way of responsible investigative reason seeking to understand anything. The peoples and cultures that hinder reason and prevent it from exploring any subject responsibly will themselves go extinct, or they will be enslaved or continue to languish in slavery.
Source: Human Rights and Religious Freedom 4
Because we are with others, we are arguing and reasoning with one another all the time. Indeed, every sentence and every discourse is a product of reason. And so it is neither a shame nor a sin to discipline and…
Because we are with others, we are arguing and reasoning with one another all the time. Indeed, every sentence and every discourse is a product of reason. And so it is neither a shame nor a sin to discipline and cultivate our reason to the utmost; it is a necessity, it is a duty, it is an honor to do so.
Source: Human Rights and Religious Freedom 3
My first and foremost concern in all matters is the real and given truth in itself; be it a partial truth or the complete one, be it tangible or intellectual, material or spiritual, imperfect or perfect, finite or infinite, created…
My first and foremost concern in all matters is the real and given truth in itself; be it a partial truth or the complete one, be it tangible or intellectual, material or spiritual, imperfect or perfect, finite or infinite, created or creative, ephemeral or eternal. I believe that the real truth exists, and whoever seeks it properly may not miss it.
Source: Human Rights and Religious Freedom 2
Two lights alone guide us: truth and love. In their company alone we propose to walk, and if we stray from the right path, it cannot be the fault of our lights, but our own.
Two lights alone guide us: truth and love. In their company alone we propose to walk, and if we stray from the right path, it cannot be the fault of our lights, but our own.
Source: Human Rights and Religious Freedom 1
A great leader suffers in a hundred different ways, and keeps his suffering to himself. A great leader survives both his suffering and the fact that nobody knows anything about it. A great leader loves being alone with God. A…
A great leader suffers in a hundred different ways, and keeps his suffering to himself.
A great leader survives both his suffering and the fact that nobody knows anything about it.
A great leader loves being alone with God.
A great leader communes with the deepest the ages have known.
A great leader knows there is a higher and there is a lower, and he always seeks the higher, and indeed the highest.
A great leader fights against the spiritual forces of darkness and disintegration, both in his own soul and in the world.
A great leader overcomes himself, rises above himself, daily, minutely.
A great leader is very polite, but he never tones down the truth just to please others.
Source: Crisis Leadership 8
