11th Rule of Thumb

For everything you endeavor to do there is at least one person trying to stop you.

See Nature as Friend and Foe

Just as everything that glitters is not gold, not all of nature’s wonders are wonderful.

Without animal instincts the world would not exist but, for mankind, their use must be consciously and judiciously controlled. Survival of the fittest is “dog eat dog” in the animal world but it has no place in enlightened human society. To nurture the young and succor the sick and needy is to overcome nature by seeing it for what it is: a lesson book for the spirit.

Using others as ladders for achieving wealth, power and position is the fall of man. But winnowing out the vile and the corrupt among us is the duty of all citizens.

Our virtues are evident in the choices we make.