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1 " It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. "
― P.G. Wodehouse , The Man Upstairs and Other Stories (Golf Stories, #0.5)
2 " It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. "
― C.S. Lewis
3 " If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done. "
― John Lubbock , The Pleasures of Life
4 " Do unto others…’ is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But that’s exactly what it is - a virtue. Not just a Christian virtue. No one owns being good. I’m good. I just don’t believe I’ll be rewarded for it in heaven. My reward is here and now. It’s knowing that I try to do the right thing. That I lived a good life. And that’s where spirituality really lost its way. When it became a stick to beat people with. ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.’ You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway. "
― Ricky Gervais
5 " How can we distinguish what is biologically determined from what people merely try to justify through biological myths? A good rule of thumb is ‘Biology enables, Culture forbids.’ Biology is willing to tolerate a very wide spectrum of possibilities. It’s culture that obliges people to realize some possibilities while forbidding others. Biology enables women to have children – some cultures oblige women to realize this possibility. Biology enables men to enjoy sex with one another – some cultures forbid them to realize this possibility. Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behavior, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist. "
― Yuval Noah Harari , Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
6 " She apparently didn't expect any trouble but she also never expected everything to go perfectly either. That was a good rule to live by Robie knew. Because perfection was rarely the case in the field. "
― David Baldacci , The Hit (Will Robie, #2)
7 " It is a good rule of thumb for spiritual directors to ask themselves, What truly constitutes our spiritual concern here? Am I really being attentive to the Lord in this? What things are getting in the way of our simple, humble intention towards the working of the Holy Spirit in this person's life? All human experience can be said to be spiritual in the largest sense, but spiritual direction should deal primarily with those qualities that seem most clearly and specifically spiritual, those that reveal the presence or leadings of God, or evidence of grace, working most directly in a person's life. This becomes increasingly important as spiritual direction progresses over time with any given individual. In the course of spiritual maturation, concern with superficial psychological experience must give way to a much more basic concern for the discernment of good and evil. "
― , Care of Mind/Care of Spirit: A Psychiatrist Explores Spirtual Direction
8 " Here's a good rule of thumb Too clever is dumb. "
9 " It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. "
