The Paradoxical Commandments

1. People are irrational, unreasonable and self-centered.

• Still you should love them.

2. If you do good, people will accuse you of ulterior motives.

• Still you should do good.

3. If you are successful, you get some friends and enemies richer.

• Still you should be successful.

4. Whatever you do today good is forgotten tomorrow.

• Still you should do good.

5. Honest, open and straight makes you vulnerable.

• Still you should being honest, open and straightforward.

6. The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be scuttled by the
most narrow-minded people with the most narrow-minded ideas.

• Still you should think big.

7. People are in favor underdogs but walk just behind the top dogs in.

• Still you should commit yourself to the underdogs.

8. What you've built up in years can be destroyed from one moment to another day.

• Still you should keep building.

9. A man may really need help but lash out at you if you help him.

• Still you should help people.

10. Give the world the best you have to offer and you will get a slap in the face.

• Still you should give the world the best you have to offer