People change their minds day and night because they do not have an absolute center. We cannot call them persons of noble character. A man of noble character is the one who tries to keep his promise all his life and has a high level of righteousness. You should make no excuses after things are decided. You should say that what you have promised never changes, even if the law of the universe changes. (23-100) A man of noble character keeps his promises. If I say that the promise I made was forced upon me by you and therefore I don't have to keep it, then I am not a man of noble character. Law is a set of promises made on a public standard. Thus, all the people who live within its jurisdiction should keep it. If someone cannot keep it, then he should be punished by public regulation. This is the responsibility of the keepers of the law. No matter who initiated it, a promise must be kept. You will be a loser if you do not keep your promise. In making a promise, everyone has to come to an accord based on the common standard. (31-13) God's love is the original source of the universe and it embraces the world. If such love had fully reached each and every person, would there not be a realm where there is love everywhere, whether we go up, down, or fall down? Where would the value of personality lie then? It would not lie in eloquence or good looks. Looked at from any angle, a man of noble character has no faults. Everything that is related to him spreads fragrance. Shouldn't it be like that? When you see things with a the heartistic understanding that everything God created is as a branch of God, then everything becomes your friend. (33-89)
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