Here is a quote I just saw as a motto somewhere..
" Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom" (Th. Jefferson)
That made me raise my elbows..How come?
I noticed sooo many times in my life that almost every time me or anybody else chose to act honestly, nothing good for the person comes out..we just fall from high above and crushing to the ground...it hurts! could that be called wisdom? It could mean I have a peaceful conscience and respect for the others..But to be wise? in the social environment you all live in..maybe honesty is not the first chapter at all..maybe is just a privilege you might enjoy with yourself and the very close ones.
It's even more weird since the quote belongs to a politician..politics rules out honesty from what I see over here at least..or things changed dramatically since the 18th century.
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1 comment:
The root of being honest with the others is first being honest (sincere) to yourself. After that, as you realise that every thought of you becomes you and builds your personality, you might think that honesty has the same reason in the relations you build "outside" your inner self.
The price of not being honest with yourself and those close to you (which you feel attached to) is suffering. You might laugh, but this is some kind of soul aritmethics: you are attached in a X amount, you are not honest in an Y amount, not being honest means broken ties/ ideals etc, broken ties cause suffering. Suffering ~= X - Y. Tested on myself, dunno about others.
A politician doesn't care about its voters, so X = 0, Y = maximum, and the suffering is perverse: it is negative, so he might say to himself "I fooled them, I'm a big jerk!".
In 18th century the politician cared about their ideal, it was a very idealistic age, and voters were needed to build the new societies they dreamed of. So it was an attachement between them and voters, X>0.
But I don't restrain everything to this, I see it as a possible explanation.
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