I attended a fascinating lecture on October 18 on principles in business by the consultant/coach Paul Palmarozza who has organised a group of like-minded business people under the banner Philosophy in Business. In the lecture, he presented a “moral hierarchy” which is a telling tool for finding where a company or person stands on the ladder of morality. At the top of the ladder, morality is the most important factor … Read the rest
Across the sea so blue
I wrote my first poem when I was nine. The first verse went like this:
I want to be the captain,
The captain of a crew,
And sail across the ocean,
Across the sea so blue.
It was the start of a passion for writing poetry that lasted until the age of 18. Around that age, I also wrote my first short story; a love story that was never published.… Read the rest
“True words are not beautiful…
…Beautiful words are not true.”
These words come from a small classic of Chinese philosophy called the Lao Tzu or Tao-te ching consisting of about 5,250 meaningful words written in verse. The book is believed to date from the sixth century BC. More commentaries have been written on it than on any other Chinese classic. It explains the Taoist philosophy and represents a kind of manual of moral truth and … Read the rest