Covey Quote of the Week
Nov. 24th, 2008 07:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This insight has become very important to me over the past few months:
"The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people believe, don't read what they write, don't ask them what they believe, just observe what they do."
Ashley Montagu
"The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people believe, don't read what they write, don't ask them what they believe, just observe what they do."
Ashley Montagu
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Date: 2008-11-24 08:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-11-26 02:35 am (UTC)But I see this as part of the job of a spiritual director as well: to help the other person identify any gaps between declared beliefs and values and their actions.
As is the case with so many things, this is well expressed by Swedenborg's "ruling love" concept: that ultimately our lives are an expression of what we love the most, which is determined not by what we say but where we put our time, resources, attentions, and actions.
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Date: 2008-11-25 11:24 am (UTC)"One man acting virtuous is better than 10 who speak of it."