Skill, Faith, and ValorComments on: - by http://robertringer.com/2009/05/skill-faith-and-valor/ In Support of Laissez-Faire Capitalism and Individual Freedom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: deusimplicitushttp://robertringer.com/2009/05/skill-faith-and-valor/#comment-2449 deusimplicitus Wed, 06 May 2009 01:51:46 +0000 http://blog.robertringer.com/?p=605#comment-2449 "Mea maxima culpa" (Ultimately my fault.) The 3 most empowering words in coming to terms with one's inability to succeed. This was one of the great lessons I garnered from reading your early books many years ago, and as I've grown older and experienced life , those 3 words have been my guide in maintaining a strong moral compass and in making better personal decisions in life that has allowed for personal success and a clear conscience. Too many people today want to blame someone else for their perceived failings and look to the wrong people (government) to solve their own lack of introspection. Cassius: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings." Julius Caesar (I, ii, 140-141) “Mea maxima culpa” (Ultimately my fault.) The 3 most empowering words in coming to terms with one’s inability to succeed. This was one of the great lessons I garnered from reading your early books many years ago, and as I’ve grown older and experienced life , those 3 words have been my guide in maintaining a strong moral compass and in making better personal decisions in life that has allowed for personal success and a clear conscience. Too many people today want to blame someone else for their perceived failings and look to the wrong people (government) to solve their own lack of introspection.

Cassius:
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
Julius Caesar (I, ii, 140-141)

]]> By: Reality seekerhttp://robertringer.com/2009/05/skill-faith-and-valor/#comment-2448 Reality seeker Tue, 05 May 2009 07:18:52 +0000 http://blog.robertringer.com/?p=605#comment-2448 It is very difficult to add meaningful comments to such a well written blog such as this one. Almost all of Mr. Ringer's work gives me something to carry away and ponder over. What is particularly impressive, to me, is Mr. Ringer's humility and his willingness to credit the "ageless wisdom" of the great thinkers who preceded us. This is an attribute of all great men. For example, he writes: "It is not a writer’s duty to come up with new thoughts. It is his duty is to craft ageless wisdom in ways that bring about epiphanies in the minds of his readers. It is his duty is to craft ageless wisdom in ways that bring about epiphanies in the minds of his readers." Words like the above remind me of the humble, powerful, and gifted thinkers of the past. "Plato is my friend---Aristotle is my friend---but my greatest friend is truth.....If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton. It is very difficult to add meaningful comments to such a well written blog such as this one. Almost all of Mr. Ringer’s work gives me something to carry away and ponder over.

What is particularly impressive, to me, is Mr. Ringer’s humility and his willingness to credit the “ageless wisdom” of the great thinkers who preceded us. This is an attribute of all great men. For example, he writes:

“It is not a writer’s duty to come up with new thoughts. It is his duty is to craft ageless wisdom in ways that bring about epiphanies in the minds of his readers. It is his duty is to craft ageless wisdom in ways that bring about epiphanies in the minds of his readers.”

Words like the above remind me of the humble, powerful, and gifted thinkers of the past.

“Plato is my friend—Aristotle is my friend—but my greatest friend is truth…..If I have seen farther than other men, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton.

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