Wednesday, August 31, 2011

prudence

"The man who does good follows the lines of an architectural plan which has not been conceived by himself and which he does not understand as a whole, nor in all of its parts. This architectural plan is revealed to man from moment to moment. In each case he sees only a tiny segment of it, as through a narrow crack. Never, so long as he is in the state of 'being-on-the-way', will the concrete architectural plan of his own self become visible to him in its rounded and final shape."

                               - Josef Pieper,  -  The Four Cardinal Virtues

3 comments:

  1. That's... fantastic. It defines it so well! At least I think so. :-)

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  2. Yes, it really struck me, too.

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  3. Definitely puts things in perspective!

    Blessings, Debbie

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