The Six Mistakes of Man

[taxlady]

The Six Mistakes of Man

1. The delusion that personal gain is made by crushing others.


2. The tendency to worry about things that cannot be changed or corrected.


3. Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it.


4. Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.


5. Neglecting development and refinement of the mind, and not acquiring the habit of reading and studying.


6. Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

Cicero wrote that some 2,000 years ago. It's still a pretty good, thought provoking list.

Comments

[ellenk.livejournal.com]

Every one of those is still very true today.

[taxlady.livejournal.com]

I like it. Maybe we should send a copy to Bush :D

[ellenk.livejournal.com]

Good idea! But...you do it. If I did it, I'd likely be "detained".

[taxlady.livejournal.com]

LOL

Okay, but I'll send it anonymously...

[joshghiloni.livejournal.com]

Careful. If he sees a Canadian postmark, there may be a pre-emptive strike on your house.

Thanks, Taxlady

[wingnprayer.livejournal.com]

For me, it seems that I'm really bad about #2, which leads to the crowding out of #5, lately, LOL.