“It is not failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs”
- Confucius -
Your thoughts?
2006-09-28 02:15:04 · 14 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A_Delphic_Oracle: I'm doing good, I am at home now, but soon I'll be back at college...
2006-09-28 02:23:37 · update #1
Looks to me like he's showing us that we shouldn't worry about our ego's. Instead we should focus on others and try to bring about a type of unity by "praising" other people's abilities.
Great quote. ^_^
2006-09-28 02:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by Kithy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would change it to ..."rather your failure to appreciate your own"
The nature of the "need to be appreciated" is that a healthy way to know yourself as valuable is through what you do, according to your own standard of value. Most people don't learn a rational moral code, thus they are confused, and can only feel valuable by the standard of others (which is the objective) which never fully gets satisfied. Thus feeling "troubled" by it.
This is the nature of how a Church works. We tell you you are not valuable, you come and pay us to make you feel valuable once again, by our standard.
2006-09-28 09:26:39 · answer #2 · answered by Real Friend 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with that. How are you today? Good morning.
This quote is a sentiment that has been kind of fundamental in me during my life. I have never needed other people's approval because I am very inner directed but I have to be careful not to dismiss people as naive or silly sometimes. A character flaw in me.
2006-09-28 09:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's Confucius' way of saying, "get the log outta' yer eye before trying to get the splinter outta' the other guys' eye."
2006-09-28 09:21:39 · answer #4 · answered by Zeera 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Be a giver, not a taker, be a maker not a breaker,
Leave your mark on this world but don't leave it on me
Walk tall when you walk, talk honestly when you talk
and when you look at another try to see what they see.
Life for each day, hey, cause that's the only way to be.
(some of my own lyrics I though appropriate, Cheers!)
2006-09-28 09:18:56 · answer #5 · answered by God 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I LIKE IT!
I've read wisdom from around the world.
Did you know that people who don't like us, don't care nothing
about us. And people who TALK ABOUT us, are just mad
because they want to be our friend! (But too immature to act like it, my own words).
I suffered from a hearing disability for years that I didn't even know I had. I'm not totally deaf. People always hated on me, and
made me feel like a weirdo, and I hated EVERYBODY.
It was a Chinese wisdom book that turned me around.
It said, just be friendly, and save YOURSELF, a lot of aggravation!
2006-09-28 09:21:15 · answer #6 · answered by Medicine Eddie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
may have something to do with the ego as we do not appreciate other people views as much as we do our own. unless theirs are about the same as ours.
2006-09-28 09:29:51 · answer #7 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about appreciating God, without whom there would be no "abilities" to appreciate.
2006-09-28 09:35:16 · answer #8 · answered by Hope 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats really good. i have one too.
"man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains." -- 14th century French Revolutionist , Voltaire Rosseau.
i got one more , my father used to say this when i was a kid so that i will be a good human-- so pls no offence --
"God made bees , bees made honey,
God made man, man made money.
Money made man, commit sin after sin.
God made Hell, to throw them in."
2006-09-28 09:19:15 · answer #9 · answered by marissa 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that's fantastic. I think if our motive behind doing things is for recognition...than we are wasting our time. Great quote!!
2006-09-28 09:21:22 · answer #10 · answered by Joeygirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋