Tom Bader:
CLASS OF 2009
Centennial High SchoolClass of 2009
Utica, NE
Tom's Story
Tom is from Lincoln, Nebraska. Tom's schools include Centennial High School. Tom later attended University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Tom works(ed) at Nebraska Tractor Test Lab.
One of Tom's favorite quotes is:"Test everything, hold on to the good. - The Apostle Paul
RULE #1
"People will believe anything they want to believe, or fear to believe." "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."
RULE #2
"The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.""It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough. […] Violation can cause anything from discomfort, to disaster, to death.”
RULE #3
"Passion rules reason, for better or for worse."Letting your emotions control your reason may cause trouble for yourself and those around you.
RULE #4
"There is magic in sincere forgiveness, the magic to heal. In forgiveness you grant, but more so, in forgiveness you receive."Forgiving and being forgiven are powerful e...Expand for more
lements of healing, not for your body, but your soul. Forgiving others is healthy for you, but being forgiven is even more powerful.
RULE #5
"Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie." People will lie to deceive you from what they truly mean to do. Watching the actions they take will prove their true intentions.
RULE #6
"The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason." "The Sixth Rule is the hub upon which all rules turn. It is not only the most important rule, but the simplest. Nonetheless, it is the one most often ignored and violated, and by far the most despised. It must be wielded in spite of the ceaseless, howling protests of the wicked. Misery, iniquity, and utter destruction lurk in the shadows outside its full light, where half-truths snare the faithful disciples, the deeply feeling believers, the selfless followers. Faith and feelings are the warm marrow of evil. Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim. They are a virulent poison, giving the numbing illusion of moral sanction to every depravity ever hatched. Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason’s light. Reason is the very substance of truth itself. The glory that is life is wholly embraced through reason, through this rule. In rejecting it, in rejecting reason, one embraces death."
RULE #7:
"Life is the future, not the past."
RULE #8:
"Deserve victory."
RULE #9:
"A contradiction cannot exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole ."
RULE #10:
"Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self."".
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