In the beginning you are young and ambitious, you want to stand out from the crowd. You think you are trendy. You go the bazars of big cities in order to buy clothes which are absent in your village or town. You are proudly wearing sport costumes of “Abibas” or “Naike”, sweater “Guchi”, talking with …
Read moreTalk with a son about helping the weak
- 31 March 2015 - 21:42
- #morality #philosophy #upbringing
– Dad, you say we have to stand up for the weak and those who are offended. And imagine that I am returning home in the evening, and someone is grabbing a girl in the yard and dragging her into a dark corner. What should I do?
– What do you mean …
Read moreRoads and cars
- 9 October 2014 - 22:36
- #economics #philosophy
I derived a formula for myself: “Roads are the embodiment of the state, and cars are the embodiment of citizens.”
If both roads and cars are bad in the country, then, most likely, this is a poor state with a small budget and poor people.
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Read moreScratch.
- 31 January 2014 - 19:42
- #morality #philosophy #upbringing
Recently my niece calls me and, almost crying, complains:
– When I was leaving the parking lot of the shopping center and accidentally hit a neighboring car. A small scratch left on it. And as you taught me, I did not run away, but decided to wait for the owner of the car. I waited for …
Read moreRespect and fear.
- 9 January 2014 - 11:33
- #love #philosophy
It is said that if a person is afraid, that mean he/she respects you. I say, no, if a person is afraid of – then he/she is just afraid.
Respect and fear outwardly often look similar, but still these are two phenomena of completely different nature.
Respect is a feeling based on love.
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Read moreOwn way.
- 9 December 2013 - 11:57
- #economics #philosophy
Recently, at a meeting with the youth, I was asked: “What main message could you give to young people?”
What is the question! It is similar to the question of the meaning of life.
I thought about it and replied “The main conclusion of life, which I made to my years, is this: Everything …
Read moreMoney. Fame. Power.
- 30 October 2013 - 22:50
- #morality #philosophy
Money.
If you work hard to earn money and spend it on buying a house or a car, or on travels, then, most likely, you will not become a millionaire. If money is not your goal, but only a means, an instrument with which you can make astonishing deals, build …
Read moreSilent kindness
- 16 October 2013 - 04:22
- #morality #philosophy
There are so many beautiful, kind, pure people around us!
But we will never know about them, because they are silent and do not reveal.
They are silent, when someone curses next to their children.
They …
Read moreThe truth
- 14 October 2013 - 03:29
- #philosophy
Sometimes a scoundrel, a fool, a sly one and even an enemy say the truth.
And the truth does not lose its value in my eyes in this case.
If the truth is obvious or proven, then I am ready to accept …
Read moreMind and strength.
- 23 June 2013 - 02:29
- #morality #philosophy #Spirituality
Once a man broke a car. He invited the master. Master carefully examined the car and said to the owner: “Take a sledgehammer and knock here,” and pointed to where. The owner struck the sledgehammer at the specified place and the machine worked.
After a while, the car broke down again. The man thought: “Why should I …
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