In Dealing with People
In Dealing with People
In every relationship with people—whether you form it or end it—think first about the consequences that result from it, from every aspect.
Do not let your view be limited to today alone.
In your dealings with people, choose your words carefully. You may be able to express what you want with a better word than another, so that there is no mistake and it is not misunderstood.
Sometimes your strictness with yourself is reflected on others as well, and you deal with them with the same strictness. Beware of this. Your own self can bear you, but others may not be able to bear it…
Do not write a letter to someone while you are in a state of agitation. And if you do write, do not send it; rather leave it for a day or two or more, until your agitation subsides. Review it more than once while you are calm; perhaps you will change much in it, or cancel it altogether…
Do not try to know the secrets of others, for every person has his own private matters.
If you want to comfort people, do so in the way they themselves see as comforting, not according to your own thinking. For you may try to comfort them in a way that tires them!
Do not impose your opinion on anyone. Rather, give advice and leave others to act on their own. Do not make them feel that you are pressuring their will.
Be a breeze, not a storm.
Frequent mixing with many people gives a wider opportunity to know the shortcomings of others—and how dangerous this knowledge is…
Do not be influenced by every opinion you hear, and do not let it destroy within you an old, firm conviction. Rather, take sufficient time for examination, questioning, and seeking the truth.
Do not ask questions whose answers will harm you to hear.
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