der Geist

“The only thing we can control is what we do in the present. The more we replay yesterday, the further we get from today’s opportunities. And the further away we move from opportunities, the tougher the road is to get back. Opportunities never look as good coming as they do going, and they wait for no one. We need to be highly attentive to spot them. And we must be focused on our present capabilities, not past regrets”

“In him was life, and the life was the light of men.”(John 1:4)

“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.”(Colossians 3:12‭-‬25)

괴테는 <빌헬름 마이스터의 편력 시대>에서 이런 말을 했다. “너희들의 일반적인 교양이나 그것을 위한 모든 시설은 광대의 연극에 불과하다. 어떤 한 가지 문제에 관하여 주위의 다른 자들은 좀처럼 흉내낼 수 없을 정도로 근원부터 철저히 이해하고 확실하게 이루어내는 것이 중요하다. 한 가지 문제를 잘 이해한다는 것이 백 가지 문제를 어정쩡하게 이해하는 것보다 훨씬 더 깊이 있는 교양을 갖추게 해준다.”

“정치적 책임은 철두철미하게 결과적 책임이다.”(마루야마 마사오)