Character and Conduct – 26 June – Blessed Judgments
HUMAN speech conveys different meanings to differently biassed minds.
Author: suffolkvicar
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Character and Conduct – 25 June – Judging
Character and Conduct – 25 June – Judging PERHAPS it were better for most of us to complain less of being misunderstood, and to take more care that we do not misunderstand other people. It ought to give us pause at a time to remember that each one has a stock of cut-and-dry judgments on his… Continue reading Character and Conduct – 25 June – Judging
Character and Conduct – 24 June – Harsh Judgment
HOW often we judge unjustly when we judge harshly… Whoso judges harshly is sure to judge amiss.
Character and Conduct – 23 June – Sound Judgment
It is good counsel that a man should, if he has the chance, reconsider after his holiday any important decision that he was inclined to make just before it; that he should appeal from his tired to his refreshed self;
Character and Conduct – 22 June – Sound Judgment
NEVER does a man portray his own character more vividly than in his manner of portraying another.
Character and Conduct – 21 June – Sound Judgment
We find it difficult to think well of those by whom we are thwarted or depressed, and we are ready to admit every excuse for the vices of those who are useful or agreeable to us.
Character and Conduct – 20 June – Balance
…help to keep consistency from hardening to obstinacy, and common sense from sinking into time-serving;
Character and Conduct – 19 June – Balance
TEMPERANCE is reason’s girdle and passion’s bridle.
Character and Conduct – 18 June – Temperance
It is easier in many cases to pluck out the right eye or to cut off the right hand than to discipline and employ them.
Character and Conduct – 17 June – Spiritual Balance and Proportion
A WELL-GOVERNED mind learns in time to find pleasure in nothing but the true and the just.
Suffolk Vicar 