Thursday, October 25, 2018

Handbook for teachers in Human Values Education by Dr. Ron and Suwanti Farmer. Quotes IV

-We are the sculptors of our own character, chipping away those thoughts, words and actions that are keeping us away from realizing and living our true identity, the five Human Values.
-The Human Values Education program focuses on the age-range 5 to 16 years.
-We are not separate from anything or anybody; we are in every cell as life and in every atom as activity. I am in you and you are in me.
-Those seeking to live practically to Truth will do their best to be honest with themselves and with others, and to be true to their word.
 They will seek to develop their intuition, together with a sense of inquiry, open-mindedness, detachment and fearlessness; and will seek to discriminate between right and wrong by diligently listening to their conscience. They will cultivate the feeling of being connected to everything and everybody, remembering that what we do to others we are therefore doing to ourselves.
-Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same All. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
-Abiding in perfect Peace, we are not troubled by fear, or desire, envy, hatred, greed or any of the tormenting passions. They are only transient mind-images on the unchanging screen of universal consciousness. We therefore experience unshaken tranquility, not swayed by praise or blame, profit or loss, joy or sorrow, regarding them merely as two sides of the same coin, for all is One.
-Those seeking to live in Peace, will practice self-discipline, patience, tolerance and non-attachment. They will think before speaking and acting; avoid or neutralize anger; place limits on satisfying their desires; learn to still themselves for reflection and prayer; try to love and serve all; and strive always to be true to their conscience. They will aim to regard all events as auspicious; develop humility; smile in times of difficulty; and cultivate optimism. They will remind themselves that Peace is to be found within and not outside oneself.
-Peace cannot be achieved through violence; it can be attained only through understanding. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
-To align ourselves with the current of Right Conduct, we need to ask of each action whether it will lead us closer to, or away from, Love, Peace, Truth, and Non-violence.

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