Don’t trust anybody!

May 26, 2009 · Filed Under living · Comment 

Flint by Louis L'AmourThis is a pithy observation by Louis L’Amour in his “Flint“:

“Don’t trust anybody. To trust is a weakness. It ain’t necessary that folks are bad; but they are weak or afrid. Be strong. Be your own man. Go your own way.”

This is the advice of a man who was living dangerously in a totally belligerent surroundings to his young son, egging him to fight and survive in adversity.

It amply holds to good to our everyday life too, isn’t it!

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Truth redux

November 12, 2007 · Filed Under society · Comment 

After browsing through my outlandish interpretation of the legend of Harischandra in previous post, a precocious whizkid whom I met yesterday observed that the kid in question is likely to change his views when he grows up. He may look at the story in a different perspective when he comes of age and draw appropriate morals.

Fair enough. We have been reared up on these morals. No means of escaping! But what about the rebel in me, who is already past that age? May be it is yet another proof of the adage that one can continue to be immature throughout one’s life! But as Mr. Alfie Doolittle would readily acquiesce, “I like to be that way!”. Oh, half my kingdom for the bliss of ignorance! :razz:

And it leads me to the revisit of the topic of truth and trust through an article in the “CIO” magazine. Read more

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