The Ten Most Important Things Ever Said Book

Contents

Prologue....................ix
Chapter One: It is your care for others that is the true measure of your greatness....................1
Chapter Two: A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he does in this world to his fellow man....................15
Chapter Three: Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves....................29
Chapter Four: Let he who is without sin cast the first stone....................49
Chapter Five: Sacred cows make the best hamburger....................67
Chapter Six: Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion....................83
Chapter Seven: Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents; it was loaned to you by your children....................99
Chapter Eight: In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends....................121
Chapter Nine: You never really understand a person ... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it....................133
Chapter Ten: Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way....................149
Notes and Suggested Reading....................177