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2007-02-08 12:33:38 · 2 answers · asked by fevbstsith 1 in Society & Culture Other - Society & Culture

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Without honor we are nothing. We remember two types of peoples from ancient times: those whose honor was so clean that they shine as examples to us and those who were so without honor that their names are cursed a thousand years after they lived.

However, honor is not mere reputation. Honor is an internal force whose outward manifestation is reputation. Internal honor is the sacred moral compass that each person should hold dear. It is the inner dwelling at peace which comes from living in accordance with ones beliefs and with ones knowledge of the Truth of what one is doing. It is something deeply personal and heartfelt, almost akin to an emotion. It's a "knowing" that what one is doing is right and decent and correct.

In many ways while the most important of all the virtues it is also the most ephemeral in terms of description. It is all the other virtues rolled together and then still more. The best way I have found to describe honor is that if you are truly living with honor, you will have no regrets about what you have done with your life. Or, to put it another way, as one friend said, "Reputation is what others say about you, honor is what you know to be true about yourself."

2007-02-08 12:46:01 · answer #1 · answered by Meghan O 2 · 0 0

Honor is conducting your life in such a manner that it does not disrespect or cause harm to anyone else.

2007-02-08 20:52:24 · answer #2 · answered by jim h 6 · 0 0

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