Reckon with Onself
Submitted by Maulana Wahidud... on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 11:48It is better to reckon with oneself rather than with others.
It is better to reckon with oneself rather than with others.
Those who possess high moral principles do not deviate from the path of justice, even when it concerns their opponent or enemy.
A ship which sails straight at a rock or an iceberg is doomed to disaster. It is the ship which veers temporarily off its course to avoid the reefs which will eventually sail safely into harbour.
Good behaviour is completely natural, straight from the heart and based on genuine consideration for others. It is not, of course, something which one “switches on” in the hopes of immediate reward, but is something rather which eventually benefits one in innumerable, often intangible, ways, simply because it makes for social harmony at its best.