If we demand perfection from ourselves we are not living in the real world...The inherent problem in the relationship between the ideal & the real is that the ideal judges the real as unacceptable and brings down condemnation and wrath on the real. This sets up an adversarial relationship between the two and like all adversaries, they move further and further apart.
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When God's favour and Godly flavour is in you, your haters will taste wisdom and the only thing they can do is to regret ever tasting a sweet thing.
A divided kingdom cannot defend itself from its adversaries. A divided person cannot face life in a dignified way.
...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.
If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.
Do not allow the adversaries to hinder you from fulfilling what God has planned for you
As soon as you start fulfilling your purpose your adversaries will appear
If you are focused on your calling, the efforts of any adversary will prove powerless
He had a simple maxim for all competitive or adversarial situations: work out what the other party least wants you to do, and then do it. Relieving your feelings was fun, but the best course of action was to make things as difficult as possible for the person trying to make things difficult for you.
Flavour your life in such a way that anyone who thinks he or she is biting or back-biting you, will rather take smiles away unexpectedly and with surprises.
The adversaries main goal is to confuse & discourage the great.
But I am a just man, even to my enemy__nd I will acknowledge, beforehand, that they are cleverer brains than I thought them.
The most courageous act in politics is to try to understand your opponent.