Not only sands and gravels Were once more on their travels, But gulping muddy gallons Great boulders off their balance Bumped heads together dully And started down the gully. Whole capes caked off in ... Read More about Being Careful, Prudent and Cautious
Let me but do my work from day to day, In field or forest, at the desk or loom, In roaring market-place or tranquil room; Let me but find it in my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me ... Read More about Working
To understand the world is never a matter of simply recording our immediate perceptions. Understanding inescapably involves reasoning. [Amartya Sen, The Idea of Justice (Belknap Press, 2009), ... Read More about Reasoning
Beyond mere willingness is interest. For example, a competent worker usually takes an interest in her work. A good student usually takes an interest in his studies. This is the competence level of ... Read More about Being Interested
A functioning society depends on a citizenry that functions at a certain level of competence. Throughout the United States, we have mandatory education laws to ensure that children will attain a basic ... Read More about Meeting Obligations in the World
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountain tops of our desires. [Jawaharlal ... Read More about Being Scrupulous, Yet Flexible
You must do the thing you think you cannot do. The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. [Eleanor ... Read More about Pushing Through Your Resistance
Forthrightness is another value that runs head-on into humility. Still, there is a value in speaking directly and honestly. We can explore the parameters and potential resolutions of this and other ... Read More about Being Forthright and Straightforward
Honesty could be seen as the art of not making excuses. Our principles include our values but they are in an inherent conflict with the value of humility. As Humanists, we do not imagine that there is ... Read More about Being Principled