Negligence: A Moral Deficiency
Submitted by admin1 on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 00:00A negligent attitude permits people to fritter away their time, day after day, with no thought for the future.
A negligent attitude permits people to fritter away their time, day after day, with no thought for the future.
It is all very well to be an idealist, but if one eternally seeks the ideal in people, one is bound to be disappointed.
There are few great tasks, which can be accomplished by individuals single-handedly. Only the talents of several individuals combined can achieve any substantial work. But people will only be able to work together if they are patient and tender-hearted in their outlook.
It is a fact of psychology that no single person can be an amalgam of all good qualities. It is no simple matter to label a person wholly good or wholly bad. If there is to be harmony within a community, the bad sides of its members must be tolerated, while their good sides are appreciated. If we want to pluck flowers, we have also to bear the thorns that come with them. There is no way that one who cannot put up with thorns will be able to possess the flowers of this life.