Monthly Archives: June 2018

Let charm and courtesy capture the goodness of others, and also their services. It isn’t enough to have merit if you don’t please others – this is what makes people praise you…. Baltasar Gracian, S.J

Don’t always be the odd man out. Baltasar. Gracian, S.J.

After the first seven years of life, we reach the age of reason; let a new perfection follow every seven years thereafter. Baltasar Gracian, S.J.

When you have both talent and a talent for displaying your gifts, the result is something prodigious. B. Gracian, S.J.  

Baltasar Gracian, S.J.

Vary your methods. This will confuse people, especially your rivals, and awaken their curiosity and attention. If you always act on your first intention, others will forsee it and thwart it. It is easy to kill the bird that flys … Continue reading →

This is the strategy for getting what you want. Even in heavenly matters, our Christian teachers recommend this holy craftiness. It is an important sort of dissumulation and you use it to capture someone else’s will. You appear to have … Continue reading →

It is a great thing to win universal admiration, but even greater to win benevolence. Part of it is having a lucky star, but diligence is more important. One begins with the former and carries through with the later. It … Continue reading →

Many would be complete people if they had the piece they needed to reach the height of perfect being. … Some lack seriousness, and this darkens great talents. Others lack gentleness, which is something their friends and family miss very … Continue reading →

As an alumnus of Jesuit schools, I hold the Society of Jesus in the highest regard. I was thrilled when Pope Francis was selected as the first Jesuit to be Pope. He started out in great fashion, but lately he … Continue reading →