How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014Revelation 18:7<\/i><\/p>\n
5494<\/b> License Plate No. 1<\/b><\/p>\n
Paul Powell, Illinois secretary of state, had to decide who would get auto license plate No. 1. \u201cIt was a real problem,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not about to assign it to someone and make about a thousand other people feel hurt.\u201d His solution? He assigned it to himself. <\/p>\n
5495<\/b> Strong Dose Of Selfishness Okayed<\/b><\/p>\n
Merv Anderson, reviewing Dr. Hans Selve\u2019s book, Stress Without Distress<\/i>, states that the Montreal doctor prescribes \u201ca strong dose of selfishness as the best way of achieving a happier, saner society.\u201d Unbridled idealism, he suggests, is a cancerous curse. He even dares to attack one of the Bible\u2019s most celebrated injunctions: \u201cThou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.\u201d He brands this as biological heresy. <\/p>\n
Dr. Selve asserts that true self-interest covers the full range of biological drives, and this includes man\u2019s social nature and his need to get along with other people. <\/p>\n
His solution\u2014altruistic egotism. This is simply a case of helping others for the selfish motive of deserving help in return. <\/p>\n
So instead of trying the impossible feat of loving your neighbor as yourself, you should content yourself with earning your neighbor\u2019s respect. <\/p>\n
5496<\/b> Only Interests For France<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cWe do not have friends; we have interests,\u201d said General Charles De Gaulle while President of France. What did he mean? Simply that France\u2019s relationships with other nations could only be decided around her \u201cinterests\u201d\u2014commercial advantage or disadvantage. This is the underlying common denominator which determines most national relationships and decisions in Commerce. <\/p>\n
5497<\/b> \u201cJust You And Me\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
Dear Friend:<\/p>\n
Our church membership 1400<\/p>\n
Nonresident membership 75<\/p>\n
Balance left to do the work\u2026 1325<\/p>\n
Elderly folks who have done their share in the past 25<\/p>\n
Balance left to do the work\u2026 1300<\/p>\n
Sick and shut-in folks 25 <\/p>\n
Balance left to do the work\u2026 1275<\/p>\n
Membership who did not pledge 350 <\/p>\n
Christmas and Easter members 300<\/p>\n
Balance left to do the work\u2026 625<\/p>\n
Members who are too tired and overworked 300<\/p>\n
Balance left to do the work\u2026 325<\/p>\n
Alibiers 200<\/p>\n
Balance left to do the work\u2026 125<\/p>\n
Members who are too busy somewhere else 123<\/p>\n
Balance left to do the work\u2026 2<\/p>\n
Just you and me\u2014and brother, you\u2019d better get busy, for it\u2019s too much for me! <\/p>\n
\u2014Progress<\/p>\n
5498<\/b> When Other Fellow Acts \u2026 <\/b><\/p>\n
Have you noticed: WHEN the other fellow acts that way, he is ugly; when you do, it\u2019s nerves. WHEN others are set in their ways, they\u2019re obstinate; when you are, it is firmness. WHEN your neighbor doesn\u2019t like your friend, he\u2019s prejudiced; when you don\u2019t like his, you are a good judge of human nature. WHEN he tries to treat someone especially well, he\u2019s toadying; when you try it, you are being thoughtful. <\/p>\n
WHEN he takes time to do things well, he\u2019s a slowpoke or lazy; when you do, you are deliberate and careful. WHEN he spends a lot, he is a spendthrift; when you do, you\u2019re generous. WHEN someone picks flaws in things, he\u2019s cranky and critical; when you do, you are creative. WHEN he is mild-mannered you call him weak; when you are, it is graciousness. <\/p>\n
WHEN someone dresses especially well, that person is extravagant; when you do, it is tastefulness. WHEN he says what he thinks, he\u2019s spiteful; when you do, you are being frank. WHEN he takes great risks in business, he\u2019s foolhardy; when you do, you are wise financier. <\/p>\n
5499<\/b> Pink Was Empress\u2019 Property<\/b><\/p>\n
The Russian empress Elizabeth Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great, had a strange liking for the shade of pink. She was so jealous of this tint that she issued a decree making it a capital crime for any other woman in her empire to wear a pink garment\u2014visible or concealed. The empress prided herself on being an opponent of capital punishment. But any woman caught in a violation of the pink law was liable to mutilation or deportation to Siberia\u2014or both. <\/p>\n
5500<\/b> Sin In Psychology<\/b><\/p>\n
Some 7,000 psychologists jammed into Cincinnati for their annual convention. The University of Illinois\u2019 famed researcher O. Hobart Mowrer\u2014how famed, the reader can presently determine for himself\u2014declared, \u201cWe psychologists have largely followed the Freudian doctrine that human beings are too good.\u201d The patient \u201chas within him impulses, especially those of lust and hostility which he has been unnecessarily inhibiting. And health, we tell him, lies in recognizing and expressing these impulses \u2026 As a result, we have largely abandoned belief in right and wrong, virtue and sin.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Prairie Overcomer <\/i><\/p>\n
5501<\/b> Roosevelt\u2019s Drive<\/b><\/p>\n
Theodore Roosevelt, sometimes known as Roosevelt the First, was a President who knew his value; he did not cheapen himself by underestimating it. \u201cFather always had to be the center of attention,\u201d said one of his children. \u201cWhen he went to a wedding, he wanted to be the bride. When he went to a funeral, he was sorry that he couldn\u2019t be the corpse.\u201d<\/p>\n
5502<\/b> Horseback Logic<\/b><\/p>\n
A small boy and his sister were riding on the back of the new wooden horse given to them as a present. Suddenly the boy turned to his sister and said: \u201cIf one of us would get off there would be more room for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
5503<\/b> \u201cTalking About Me\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
Elizabeth Chevalier, author of the best-selling novel, Driven Woman<\/i>, wrote in a letter to Macmillan, \u201cHave you heard the one about the novelist who met an old friend? After they had talked for two hours, the novelist said, \u201cNow we\u2019ve talked about me long enough\u2014let\u2019s talk about you! What did you think of my last novel?\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n
5504<\/b> Book Hunt For Own Name<\/b><\/p>\n
It is said that Dr. Clyde Miller of Columbia University has his way of disposing of dull books occasionally sent to him by publishers. He sends them on to friends with a note, ostensibly from the author, saying, I hope you will be pleased by the references made to you in this volume, and hope that you will not have any objection to this use of your name.\u201d Dr. Miller takes pleasure in the vision of friends searching vainly through the books for allusions to them. <\/p>\n
5505<\/b> Her New Snowsuit<\/b><\/p>\n
A Milwaukee teacher took her first-grade class to a dairy where a guide showed the children through the entire plant, explaining the whole process. The tour over, the guide asked if anyone had any questions. One little girl raised her hand. <\/p>\n
\u201cDid you notice,\u201d she asked, \u201cthat I\u2019ve got on my new snowsuit?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Milwaukee Journal<\/i><\/p>\n
5506<\/b> Narcissus In Love With Self<\/b><\/p>\n
One day, Narcissus, who had resisted all the charms of others, came to an open fountain of silvery clearness. He stooped down to drink, and saw his own image, and thought it some beautiful water-spirit living in the fountain. He gazed, and admired the eyes, the neck, the hair, the lips. He fell in love with himself. In vain he sought a kiss and an embrace. He talked to the charmer, but received no response. He could not break the fascination, and so he pined away and died. <\/p>\n
\u2014Foster<\/p>\n
5507<\/b> Politicians\u2019 Assumed Meanings<\/b><\/p>\n
When a political columnist says \u201cevery thinking man,\u201d he means himself. When a candidate appeals to \u201cevery intelligent voter,\u201d he means everybody who\u2019s going to vote for him. <\/p>\n
5508<\/b> Names On The Bullets<\/b><\/p>\n
When the Athenians, after a battle with Xerxes came to the Isthmus, and every officer took a bullet from the altar to inscribe upon it the names of those who had done the best service, every one put himself in the first place, and Themistocles in the second. <\/p>\n
\u2014Plutarch<\/p>\n
5509<\/b> Epigram On Self-Centeredness<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 \u201cBe Yourself!\u201d is about the worse advice you can give to some people. <\/p>\n
\u2022 My idea of an agreeable person is one who agrees with me. <\/p>\n
\u2014Samuel Johnson<\/p>\n
\u2022 Admiration: Our polite recognition of another person\u2019s resemblance to ourselves. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Some people have a keen sense of humor. The more you humor them, the better they like it. <\/p>\n
\u2022 You can always tell when a man\u2019s well-informed. His views are pretty much like your own. <\/p>\n
\u2014Louie Morris<\/p>\n
\u2022 For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself. <\/p>\n
\u2014Thoreau<\/p>\n
\u2022 Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends. <\/p>\n
\u2014Lord Chesterfield<\/p>\n
\u2022 He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. <\/p>\n
\u2014Franklin<\/p>\n
\u2022 Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. <\/p>\n
\u2014Disraeli<\/p>\n
\u2022 He who thinks himself good for everything is often good for nothing. <\/p>\n
\u2014Picard<\/p>\n
\u2022 The smallest package we have ever seen is a man wrapped up in himself. <\/p>\n
\u2022 The husband who boasts that he never made a mistake has a wife who did. <\/p>\n
\u2022 In the post office of a prideful small town in New York State, appropriate signs were posted over the outgoing-mail slots. One sign read \u201cWebster,\u201d the town\u2019s name; the other read \u201cRest of the World.\u201d<\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Individualism ; Conceited ; Proud ; II Tim. 3:2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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