zondag 29 januari 2012

Reflection

'Many monarchs have been made to sit on the ground, and the person nobody thought of has worn the crown.
Many influential people have been utterly disgraced, and prominent people have fallen into the power of others.
Do not find fault before making thorough enquiry; first reflect, then give a reprimand.
Listen before you answer, and do not interrupt a speech before it is finished.
Do not wrangle about something that does not concern you, do not interfere in the quarrels of sinners.'

Ecclesiasticus 11, 5-9

maandag 9 januari 2012

Crises

'In great crises there is no better companion than a bold heart'

Balthasar Gracian (1601-1658)

dinsdag 3 januari 2012

Financiers

'The hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriottism and without decency; their sole object is gain'.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom

'How very harsh [wisdom] is to the undisciplined!'

Ecclesiasticus: 6, 20

maandag 2 januari 2012

Interest

'Interest is the price we pay, or extract, for the use of money, which in the present age of specializaion equates to survival. Interest, therefore, encodes the belief that the means of survival are precious, rare, scarce, and therefore the objects of competition. Lending money with interest amounts to, "I will help you survive, but only if you pay me."'

Charles Eisenstein

http://rockspot.newvisionsa.com/?page_id=138 (p.4 of 20)

zondag 1 januari 2012

Advisers

'Let your acquaintances be many, but for advisers choose one out of a thousand.'

Ecclesiasticus: 6.6