Example is the best precept.
Aesop.
“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”
“...convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain.”
“No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth”
“An Ass put on a Lion's skin and wentAbout the foreset with much merriment,Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks,Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath th...”
“I have seen the best of you, and the worst of you, and I choose both.”
“Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.”
“Was it possible that the emotion of love had somehow made me more susceptible to fear? Does the noble emotion of love make us start valuing our own lives and the lives of our loved ones more so tha...”
“In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.”
“Motivation???- Horror is nice one!- Creepypasta is an example for such genre.”
“I hear many young women say they can't find well-known feminists with whom they identify. That can be disheartening, but I say, let us (try to) become the feminists we would like to see moving thro...”
“To one degree or another we all fight against preconceptions nearly every day. The wisest people I know don't compare their fight to that of others. Everything is relative through the lens of perso...”