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Being True to and Honest
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Nicholas C. Jostmeyer 11 hours ago.
Define good and evil.
Replied Nov 12
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Nothing but a waste. If one is not to be trusted, that one will not be near me or mine.
It is often said, that "It takes years to build trust, and only seconds to destroy it." I have unfortunately experienced that fact first hand. It is not a place I want to find myself in again, and it is a constant reminder for me to remain honest.
what is a man without his word?
Recommended reading: Radical Honesty. It's a serious book, but this is still funny: the author writes about why he wrote the book. Because he loved the idea of strangers reading it and talking about how wise he was. Etc.
As men we uphold and strive to achiece several traits. Strength and honour, dignity and courage, wisdom, compassion and generosity. Many times we fail to achieve our ideal, but then many lessons from the game of life are learned from our failures ...
The Economist- magazine or newspaper? I don't know
GQ
Esquire
The Sydney Morning Herald
Thanks for sharing the story Carlos. Contender for the Most Interesting Man in the World? He looks really young to be almost hitting 100. I love reading stories about old fellas who keep on doing their thing and enjoying life. There's a real smile...
When you say "God" I assume your referring to the one in the Holy Bible, rather than the God of Islam or other religions.
I believe that when you begin summoning God, the problem is which one? Every religion and sect adamantly states that there's...
Good man, I'm an Aussie too. Btw, which stores did you go into? If I visit them and ask for the book, they'd feel that there's a real demand for it.
Hell no! The second it was I'd walk out.
Yep, I write a journal, and have been for the past four years.
My motives for writing a journal are to clear my mind, and to release all thoughts that may be perplexing, or joyful. Basically it's a record of my thoughts. It's enjoyable to look ba...
Here are some of mine, and in no particular order:
1. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
2. Trek and climb mountains in the Cordillera Blanca with my dad and brother
3. Direct films and theatre
4. Motorcycle around Australia
5. Become fluent in French, Italian...
Do you care about Planet Earth? How much do you care? What are you doing to protect our planet? If you consider yourself environmentally conscious, this is your group, man!
Thanks for the post. You brought back lots of good memories of when I was into modelling in my mid teens. Who knows, in the future I might get back into it. From memory, it can be an expensive hobby, but that was probably because I was only earnin...
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- Interests
- The Army, history- especially Modern, international relations, photography, film, fashion, philosophy, culture and why society works the way it does.
Exploring the great outdoors, jogging, bike riding
- Books
- Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, The Compleat Gentleman, From Russia With Love, 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird
- Movies
- The Last Emperor, Glory, Once Upon a Time in America, Roman Holiday, To Catch a Thief, Life is Beautiful, The Hurricane, Dead Poets Society
- Music
- Beethoven, Rachmaninov, The Beatles, The Presets, Los Iracundos (old South American band), Los Kjarkas (Peruvian band) T.I, also exploring popular dance music and hip hop
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- It matters not how often humanity fails to imitate it's ideal; for then all its old failures are fruitful. But it does frightfully matter how often humanity changes its ideal; for then all its failures are fruitless. GK Chesterton
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