#maxims

[soracities]

losing it a little at Hanif Abdurraqib's new year post

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[blasblack]

Andrés Camilo & Max Emerson 🏳️‍🌈🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Andrés Camilo & Max Emerson / Maxims 🏳️‍🌈🧑‍🤝‍🧑🌈

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[thecurioustale]

One thing I would like to be better at is writing devastating one-liners in my fiction. You know: the kind of pithy maxims that are quoted sagely for years beyond their time. Pearls of wisdom; amazing ideas in their own right; etc., as distinguished from a beautiful line of text in a larger story.

Great one-liners really stick with ya. I've collected my share over the years. Plenty of old Latin maxims, like "What people wish, they like to believe" or "Jupiter may do what the ox may not." Picard had more than his share of them in Star Trek, like "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose." I once heard an old civil rights activist say that "With your body, you can bear witness to the truth," meaning that understanding and purpose are often fulfilled only if one is physically present for something. And heck, some sayings are so eloquent that they stick with me even if I don't necessarily agree with them, like the line from Les Misérables (the musical, not the book) that says "To love another person is to see the face of God."

I like to spoof them sometimes, when they lend themselves to it, like my telefacsimile baron's reinterpretation of Bruce Lee: "I fear not the mate who sends one thousand faxes. I fear the mate who sends a single fax one thousand times!"

Unfortunately, beyond parodying, my style of writing, together with the way my mind works, make it very unlikely for me to be able sit down and write these zingers on demand. If I come up with them at all, it's usually completely unintentional and occurs in the course of writing larger passages concerning larger ideas.

But what I may lack in pithy maxims that are quotable forever, I amply make up for with vast spreading seas of text that meander ceaselessly to the ends of the world. The ideas are often quite fair, so perhaps someday someone pithier than me will rephrase them.

#Maxims

[apenitentialprayer]

To see through accident into entity

#George MacDonald #maxims #spirituality #gnosis #mysticism #faerie #awe

[orthodoxicons]

31. Be simple, hidden, quiet, and small. (The Holy Fathers say: “If you want to be known by God, seek not to be known by people.” And again, it’s simplicity, hiddenness, quiet, smallness.)

55 Maxims of the Christian Life, Fr. Thomas Hopko

(See the full list of maxims here and here)

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[renegade-hierophant]

Delphic Maxims

Ἕπου θεῷ Follow God

Νόμῳ πείθου Obey the law

Θεοὺς σέβου Respect the Gods

Γονεῖς αἰδοῦ Respect your parents

Ἡττῶ ὑπὸ δικαίου Be ruled by justice

Γνῶθι μαθών Know by learning

Ἀκούσας νόει Listen and understand

Σαυτὸν ἴσθι Be yourself

Γαμεῖν μέλλε Set out to be married

Καιρὸν γνῶθι Know your opportunity

Φρόνει θνητά Think mortal thoughts

Ξένος ὢν ἴσθι Know when you are an outsider

Ἑστίαν τίμα Honour the hearth

Ἄρχε σεαυτοῦ Be in control of yourself

Φίλοις βοήθει Help your friends

Θυμοῦ κράτει Control your temper

Φρόνησιν ἄσκει Exercise prudence

Πρόνοιαν τίμα Honour forethought

Ὅρκῳ μὴ χρῶ Do not use an oath

Φιλίαν ἀγάπα Embrace friendship

Παιδείας ἀντέχου Cling to education

Δόξαν δίωκε Pursue honour

Σοφίαν ζήλου Be eager for wisdom

Καλὸν εὖ λέγε Praise the good

Ψέγε μηδένα Find fault with no one

Ἐπαίνει ἀρετήν Praise virtue

Πρᾶττε δίκαια Practice what is just

Φίλοις εὐνόει Show favour to your friends

Ἐχθροὺς ἀμύνου Ward off your enemies

Εὐγένειαν ἄσκει Exercise nobility of character

Κακίας ἀπέχου Shun evil

Κοινὸς γίνου Be impartial

Ἴδια φύλαττε Guard what is yours

Ἀλλοτρίων ἀπέχου Shun what belongs to others

Ἄκουε πάντα Listen to all

Εὔφημος ἴσθι Be fair of speech

Φίλῳ χαρίζου Look after your own

Μηδὲν ἄγαν Nothing in excess

Χρόνου φείδου Save time

Ὅρα τὸ μέλλον Look to the future

Ὕβριν μίσει Despise insolence

Ἱκέτας αἰδοῦ Have respect for suppliants

Πᾶσιν ἁρμόζου Be accommodating to all

Υἱοὺς παίδευε Educate your sons

Ἔχων χαρίζου If you have, give

Δόλον φοβοῦ Fear deceit

Εὐλόγει πάντας Speak well of everyone

Φιλόσοφος γίνου Be a seeker of wisdom

Ὅσια κρῖνε Choose what is holy

Γνοὺς πρᾶττε Act from knowledge

Φόνου ἀπέχου Shun murder

Εὔχου δυνατά Pray for what is possible

Σοφοῖς χρῶ Consult the wise

Ἦθος δοκίμαζε Test your character

Λαβὼν ἀπόδος If you have received, give back

Ὑφορῶ μηδένα Look down on none

Τέχνῃ χρῶ Make use of expertise

Ὃ μέλλεις, δός Give what you aim to give

Εὐεργεσίας τίμα Honour generosity

Φθόνει μηδενί Envy no one

Φυλακῇ πρόσεχε Be on your guard

Ἐλπίδα αἴνει Praise hope

Διαβολὴν μίσει Despise slander

Δικαίως κτῶ Gain possessions justly

Ἀγαθοὺς τίμα Honour good people

Κριτὴν γνῶθι Know who is the judge

Γάμους κράτει Control your marriages

Τύχην νόμιζε Recognize fortune

Ἐγγύην φεῦγε Don't make risky promises

Ἁπλῶς διαλέγου Speak plainly

Ὁμοίοις χρῶ Associate with likeminded people

Δαπανῶν ἄρχου Control your expenditure

Κτώμενος ἥδου Be happy with what you have

Αἰσχύνην σέβου Revere a sense of shame

Χάριν ἐκτέλει Repay favours

Εὐτυχίαν εὔχου Pray for success

Τύχην στέργε Embrace your fate

Ἀκούων ὅρα Listen and observe

Ἐργάζου κτητά Work for what you can own

Ἔριν μίσει Despise strife

Ὄνειδος ἔχθαιρε Detest disgrace

Γλῶτταν ἴσχε Restrain your tongue

Ὕβριν ἀμύνου Shun violence

Κρῖνε δίκαια Make just judgements

Χρῶ χρήμασιν Use what you have

Ἀδωροδόκητος δίκαζε Judge incorruptibly

Αἰτιῶ παρόντα Make accusations face to face

Λέγε εἰδώς Speak from knowledge

Βίας μὴ ἔχου Have no truck with violence

Ἀλύπως βίου Live free of sorrow

Ὁμίλει πρᾴως Have kindly interactions

Πέρας ἐπιτέλει μὴ ἀποδειλιῶν Complete the race and don't chicken out

Φιλοφρόνει πᾶσιν Deal kindly with everyone

Υἱοῖς μὴ καταρῶ Do not curse your sons

Γυναικὸς ἄρχε Control your wife

Σεαυτὸν εὖ ποίει Benefit yourself

Εὐπροσήγορος γίνου Be courteous

Ἀποκρίνου ἐν καιρῷ Respond in a timely manner

Πόνει μετ’ εὐκλείας Struggle for glory

Πρᾶττε ἀμετανοήτως Act decisively

Ἁμαρτάνων μετανόει Repent of your errors

Ὀφθαλμοῦ κράτει Control your eye

Βουλεύου χρόνῳ Give timely counsel

Πρᾶττε συντόμως Act without hesitation

Φιλίαν φύλαττε Guard friendship

Εὐγνώμων γίνου Be grateful

Ὁμόνοιαν δίωκε Pursue harmony

Ἄρρητον κρύπτε Keep secret what should be secret

Τὸ κρατοῦν φοβοῦ Fear what rules

Τὸ συμφέρον θηρῶ Pursue what is profitable

Καιρὸν προσδέχου Accept due measure

Ἔχθρας διάλυε Dissolve enmities

Γῆρας προσδέχου Accept old age

Ἐπὶ ῥώμῃ μὴ καυχῶ Do not boast about power

Εὐφημίαν ἄσκει Exercise (religious) silence

Ἀπέχθειαν φεῦγε Shun hatred

Πλούτει δικαίως Acquire wealth justly

Δόξαν μὴ λεῖπε Do not abandon honour

Κακίαν μίσει Despise evil

Κινδύνευε φρονίμως Take sensible risks

Μανθάνων μὴ κάμνε Never tire of learning

Φειδόμενος μὴ λεῖπε Never cease being thrifty

Χρησμοὺς θαύμαζε Admire oracles

Οὓς τρέφεις, ἀγάπα Love those whom you rear

Ἀπόντι μὴ μάχου Do not fight an absent foe

Πρεσβύτερον αἰδοῦ Respect the old

Νεώτερον δίδασκε Instruct the young

Πλούτῳ ἀπίστει Do not put your trust in wealth

Σεαυτὸν αἰδοῦ Respect yourself

Μὴ ἄρχε ὑβρίζειν Do not initiate violence

Προγόνους στεφάνου Crown your ancestors

Θνῆσκε ὑπὲρ πατρίδος Die for your country

Τῷ βίῳ μὴ ἄχθου Do not live your life in discontent

Ἐπὶ νεκρῷ μὴ γέλα Do not make fun of the dead

Ἀτυχοῦντι συνάχθου Share the load of the unfortunate

Χαρίζου ἀβλαβῶς Gratify without harming

Μὴ ἐπὶ παντὶ λυποῦ Have no grief

Ἐξ εὐγενῶν γέννα Beget good from good

Ἐπαγγέλλου μηδενί Make promises to none

Φθιμένους μὴ ἀδίκει Do not wrong the dead

Εὖ πάσχε ὡς θνητός Do as well as your mortal status permits

Τύχῃ μὴ πίστευε Do not put your trust in chance

Παῖς ὢν κόσμιος ἴσθι As a child be well-behaved

Ἡβῶν ἐγκρατής As a youth be self-disciplined

Μέσος δίκαιος As a middle-aged person be honest

Πρεσβύτης εὔλογος As an old man be sensible

Τελευτῶν ἄλυπος At your end be without sorrow

The Delphic Maxims are a set of maxims inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Originally, they were said to have been given by the Greek god Apollo’s oracle at Delphi, Pythia, and therefore were attributed to Apollo. The 3rd century doxographer Diogenes Laertius attributed them to the Seven Sages of Greece as did the 5th century scholar Stobaeus. Contemporary scholars, however, hold that their original authorship is uncertain, and that most likely they were popular proverbs, which tended later to be attributed to particular sages.

#greek #hellenic #wisdom #proverbs #sayings #maxims #Delphi #apollo #oracle

[random-xpressions]

I often seem to be wrangling with fate but then when I find God's laughter at how my expectations of this world has been broken, I forget all my disappointments and laugh along with him. I've my way and he has his. It makes more sense that I must surrender to his preferences over mine even though at the beginning it may taste a little bitter. He laughs when I weeps - that's how I've kept this divine relationship alive and green. None but a lover will understand how this complex relationship works.

Random Xpressions

#divine #maxims

[orchidblack]

"If you think technology will solve your problems, you don’t understand technology—and you don’t understand your problems."

-Laurie Anderson

#laurie anderson #futurism #maxims

[freewayhaunt]

“Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.” ― François de La Rochefoucauld

#françois de la rochefoucauld #maxims #love #life #literature #quotes #philosophy

[rains-of-words]

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.

Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims

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[penhive]

Quotes

Life is a reason to live and a passion to feel.

Fiction is an enigma of the self.

Art is the mirror of nature.

The dead become memories of experience.

Music is the painting of words.

Figures of speech have to be experienced as art.

Listen to your inner soul.

My self surrenders to passion.

God’s footsteps are path for light to follow.

Desire is the source to pleasure. Make dreams a working reality.

In ecstasy and orgasm the self-partakes a mystic joy.

Love the self as it’s a soft soul.

A merry self lacks no joy.

When the world puts you down rise up with optimism.

Make figures of speech an active life.

The self is an opulent ornament.

When an opportunity comes grab it with outstretched hands.

A rainbow is a painting made by God as a covenant of peace.

Carry no demons of envy, malice and covetousness.

Wit is seasonal flesh.

God gives more than you ask.

The etiquette of happiness is contentment.

Let loose your passion.

God’s morals are a conscience of reason

Find time to exercise passions.

Liberty has to thrive with freedom.

Take a risk and see what you get.

Wisdom is the folly of the lover.

Wisdom is the path to philosophy.

Finance gratifies the body.

Nietzsche is a wounded soul.

Walking on water is spiritual acrobatics.

Demons are spirits that antagonize the self.

Torment in hell is more than you can imagine.

Man’s search for beauty never ends.

Existence is the essence of meaning.

Life is the flow of a river.

We can take refuge and help in God.

Socrates was a wise philosopher who knew nothing.

I want God to make my footstool earth a prosperous dwelling place.

Lust is an ecstatic sin.

I have done fornication on the bed of poetry and I feel truly repentant.

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[paristrendsvu]

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[blasblack]

Andrés Camilo & Max Emerson 😍

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[daimonclub]

100 magnificent quotes

100 Magnificent quotes 100 magnificent quotes, great aphorisms, ideas, maxims and quotations by various famous authors selected for the World of English by Carl William Brown, the literary avenger. Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure. Hermann Hesse Madness is something rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Plato The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs. Charlie Chaplin Aphorisms are the true form of the Universal Philosophy and containe the greatest quantity of thought in the smallest space. Friedrich von Schlegel Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men. Pythagoras If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. Isaac Asimov Without goals, the very concept of intelligence is meaningless. Steven Pinker I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person. Mikhail Bulgakov No one's fate is of any interest to you except your own. Mikhail Bulgakov Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. Sun Tzu The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept. George Carlin A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offence at everything. Aristotle By now humanity has become so imbecile that we often tend to mortify intelligence, in order not to offend stupidity. Carl William Brown Show respect to people who don't even deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but as a reflection of yours. Dave Willis Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim. Bertrand Russell It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the number of bad books. Voltaire The more real you get, the more unreal the world gets. John Lennon The more intelligence you have, the more you will suffer. Arthur Schopenhauer

Voltaire quote Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. Abraham Lincoln The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn. Bertrand Russell Love on one side is not enough, love is a dialogue, not a monologue. Oriana Fallaci Interacting with people that don't like you it's a fundamental process to study human stupidity. Carl William Brown The measure of a man is what he does with power. Plato No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up, and never give up. Regina Brett The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Socrates Fashions have done more harm than revolutions. Victor Hugo A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. Montaigne From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs. Karl Marx There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. Seneca The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait. Goethe I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party and I attended with my real face. Franz Kafka Without love living is easy; but it's meaningless. Leo Tolstoy Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself. Noam Chomsky Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds! Bob Marley Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Plato Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it. Lincoln It is not the man who has too little, but ht eman who craves more, that is poor. Seneca

Nietzsche quote You can’t get much done in life if you only work on days when you feel good. Jerry West The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. Mark Twain In our society logics is intertwingled with nonsense, good things with evils ones, and most of the time you can't tell which is which, therefore there is nothing more truly realistic than stupidity. Carl William Brown Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing. Thales To destroy war, destroy patriotism. Leo Tolstoy I don’t trust anyone who’s nice to me, but rude to a waiter because they would treat me the same if I were in that position. Muhammad Ali Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. Pablo Picasso A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Seneca Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. Alber Camus Non serve a niente essere vivi, se bisogna lavorare. André Breton All cruelty spring from weakness. Seneca Be careful what you tolerate, you are teaching people how to treat you. Dr. Phil McGraw Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. Bob Marley For the Putrid President of Russia, remember Sun Tzu wise words, that is to say, the greatest victory is that which requires no battle. Carl William Brown Get busy with life's purpose, toss aside empty hopes, get active in your own rescue. Marcus Aurelius All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values. Marshall McLuhan Life is such a great a teacher that when we don't learn a lesson, it will repeat it. Anonymous Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the small one. Pericles A bad system will beat a good person every time. W. Edwards Deming Our life is what our thoughts make it, used to say Marcus Aurelius, but I would add that sometimes it is even worse! Carl William Brown

Chomsky quote You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Simplicity is not a mere idea. To be simple demnds a great deal of intelligence and sensitivity. Jiddu Krishnamurti People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. Epictetus Disturbance comes only from within, from our own perceptions. Marcus Aurelius All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously. Herman Hesse The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this planet is being used by other planets as a madhouse of the universe. George Bernard Shaw The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts. C.S. Lewis Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. C.S. Lewis A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Bruce Lee We have freedom of thought, now we need thought. Carl Kraus I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't. Albert Camus No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. Charles Dickens Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large group. Geroge Carlin The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them knows anything about the subject. Marcus Aurelius Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. William Shakespeare Never depend on the admiration of others. There is no strength in it. Personal merit cannot be derived from an external source. Epictetus The old world is dying, the new world is slow to appear and in this chiaroscuro the monsters arise. Antonio Gramsci In most men, intelligence is a field which remains uncultivated for most of life. Eugène Delacroix Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. Albert Camus Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller

Karl Marx Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something. Aristotle What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough. Eugene Delacroix Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. Helen Keller An honest man is always a child. Socrates Open your mind before your mouth. Aristophanes Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process. William B. Yeats Why should we feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice. Marcus Aurelius Love is the state in which man sees things most decidedly as they are not. Friedrich Nietzsche Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts. Anton Chekhov Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. Sigmund Freud I no longer know if I wish to drown myself in love, wodka or the sea. Franz Kafka The first thing that reading teaches us is how to be alone. Jonathan Franzen There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness and truth are absent. Leo Tolstoy Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. Sigmund Freud The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. Charles Darwin Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward. Oscar Wilde The most common form of despair is not being who you are. Soren Kierkegaard Each of us assumes everyone else knows what he is doing. They all assume we know what we are doing. We don’t. Philip K Dick Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. Benjamin Franklin Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. Goethe

100 magnificent quotes to read He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions. Confucius Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force. Herman Hesse Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. Bob Marley Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. I am inclined to say that it is the only real mode of individualism that the world has known. Oscar Wilde Everyday is like a fashion show and the whole world is the runway. Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside. Coco Chanel There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. Friedrich Nietzsche Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Harry Emerson Fosdick If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself. Seneca the Younger When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them. Confucius It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone... but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Kahlil Gibran He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at. Epictetus L'amore è l'arte che non si impara mai e che si sa sempre. Benito Pérez Galdós The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have. Marcus Aurelius The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others. Vincent Van Gogh The greatest victory is that which requires no battle. Sun Tzu Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left. Jane Austen Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Epicurus People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall. Thomas Merton For we are all divorced from life, we are all cripples, every one of us, more or less. We are so divorced from it that we feel at once a sort of loathing for real life, and so cannot bear to be reminded of it. Fyodor Dostoevsky Don’t miss these other similar posts: 100 best quotes and aphorisms 100 magnificent quotes and aphorisms 100 brilliant quotes and aphorisms 100 famous quotes and aphorisms 100 memorable quotes and aphorisms 100 top great quotes and aphorisms 100 excellent quotes and aphorisms 100 great quotes and aphorisms on Love Great and famous philosophy quotes Quotes by authors Quotes by arguments Thoughts and reflections Read the full article

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[gracie-bird]

Princess Grace of Monaco arriving at Maxim's on December 2, 1978.

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[orthodoxicons]

47. Give advice to others only when asked to do so or when it is your duty to do so. (This is very important. You don’t go around giving free advice or counsel. If people ask us, we tell them. I was asked, “Father Tom, say some things on Ancient Faith Radio. I say: “Okay, cause you asked me.” So when we’re asked, we can answer. If it’s our duty, if it’s our job—like a parent or a pastor or a supervisor in operation or a teacher—then we must do it. That’s our work. But we never give counsel or advice, unless we’re asked or unless it’s our duty to do so.)

55 Maxims of the Christian Life, Fr. Thomas Hopko

(See the full list of maxims here and here)

#Orthodox Christianity #Christianity #orthodoxy #maxims #Fr. Thomas Hopko #advice #counsel #critiques #criticism