Introduction
15th January 2002
This year, 2001-2002, marks the 70th Anniversary of La Salle College. The theme of celebration is “70 Years Learning, Serving and Caring” and is also the theme of the RS Homepage this year.
We had our Anniversary Mass in the Cathedral in October, celebrated by the Cardinal and some Old Boys. In December and January we had our RE Library Book Report Competition for junior forms. Quite a big number of students participated. In February, we will have our Open Days, which we are looking forward to.
The main targets of the Religious Education Department we have set for this year are production and uses of IT materials for teaching and learning of RE. Up to date, we have produced more than 7 PowerPoint files. We try to build up our own multimedia resources, in response to the installation of IT projectors in classrooms.
This year to us is a demanding year and we hope that it is also a successful year which will bring us a lot of memories in future
Quotations about Learning
論學
子曰：「學而時習之，不亦說乎？有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？人不知而不慍，不亦君子乎？」〔《學而》第一〕
The
Master said, “Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and
application?”
“
Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?”
“
Is it not a man of complete virtue, who feels no discomposure though men may
take no note of him?”
子曰「學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。〔《為政》第二〕
The Master said, “Learning
without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
子曰「學如不及，猶恐失之。」〔《泰伯》第八〕
The Master said, “Learn as
if you could not reach your object, and were always fearing also lest you should
lose it.”
孔子曰「生而知之者，上也；學而知之者，次也；困而學之，又其次也；困而不學，民斯為下矣。〔《季氏》第十六〕
Confucius said, “ Those who are born with the possession of knowledge
are the highest class of men. Those who learn, and so, get readily, get
possession of knowledge, are the next. Those who are dull and stupid, and yet
compass the learning, are another class next to these. As to those are dull and
stupid and yet do not learn; - they are the lowest of the people.”
子曰「由也！女聞《六宮六蔽》矣乎？」對曰：「未也。」「居，吾與女：好仁不好學，其蔽也愚；好知不好學其蔽也蕩；好信不好學，其蔽也賊；好直不好學，其蔽也絞；好勇不好學，其蔽也亂；好剛不好學，其蔽也狂。」〔《陽貨》第十七〕
The Master said,” Yu, have you heard the six words to which are
attached six becloudings?’ Yu replied, “I’ve not.
“Sit
Down, and I will tell them to you.”
“There
is the love of being benevolent without the love of learning;-the beclouding
here leads to a foolish simplicity. There is the love of knowing without love of
learning;-the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind. There is the love of
being sincere without love of learning;-the beclouding here leads to an
injurious disregard of consequences. There is the love of straightforwardness
without love of learning;-the beclouding here leads to rudeness. There is the
love of boldness without love of learning;-the beclouding here leads to
insubordination. There is the love of firmness without love of learning;-the
beclouding here leads to extravagant conduct.”.”
子夏曰「博學而篤至，切問而近思，仁在其中矣。」〔《子張》第十九〕
Tsze-hsia said,” There are learning extensively, and having a firm and sincere aim; inquiring with earnestness, and reflecting with selfapplication: - virtue is in such a course.”
“Common sense and education are highly compatible;
in fact, neither is worth much without the order”
Donald G. Smith
“Education is the process of driving a set of
prejudices down your throat”
Martin H. Fischer
“Furious activity is no substitute for
understanding.”
H.H. Williams
“Genius without education is like silver in the
mine.”
Benjamin Franklin
“I never learned from a man who agreed with me.”
Robert A. Heinlein
“If you light a man a fire, he will be warm for a
day.; if you light a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of life.”
Anonymous
“Leadership should be born out of the
understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.”
Marian Anderson
“Nothing in the world can take the place of
persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common then unsuccessful men with
talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will
not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are
omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
“The brighter you are, the more you have to
learn.”
Don Herold
“The doer alone learneth.”
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
“The only things worth learning are the things you
learn after you know it all.”
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
“Understanding is curing ignorance and curing
ignorance is abolishing fear.”
Matt Marty
“We come to love not by finding a perfect person
but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”
Sam Keen
“We must view young people not as empty bottles to
be filled but as candles to be lit.”
Robert Shaffer
Learning which does not advance each day decrease
Chinese proverb
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is
to drop back.
Chinese proverb
Learning starts with failure; the first failure is
the beginning of education
Hersey John
Gold has a price, but learning is priceless.
Chinese proverb
Every act of conscious learning requires the
willingness to suffer an injury to one one’s self-esteem. That’s why young
children, before they…
Szasz Thomas
Quotations about Serving
This
have I won, for my good will to be undone.
Wyatt, Sir Thomas
And
yet, yet still serving a useful purpose, I hope. Yes, a sun. Warming the surface
of some other world. Giving light to…
Coen, Franklin
O unbelievers, I serve not what you serve and you
are not serving what I serve, nor am I serving what you served, neither are you
serving…
Qur’An
I will consider my Cat Jeoffery. For he is the
servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him. For at the first glance
of the glory of God in the East he worship…
Smart, Christopher
… that the most prominent scientific men of our
country, and perhaps of this age, are either serving the arts and not pure
science, or are performing faithful but quite…
Thoreau, Henry David
… to love the duty that lies nearest to our hand,
and to know that in performing it we are serving our country.
Wilson, Woodrow
We shall serve for the joy of serving, prosperity
shall flow to us through us in unending streams of plenty
Charles Fillmore
Quotations about Caring
論仁
子曰「不仁者，不可以久處約，不可以長處樂。仁者安仁，知者利仁。」〔《里仁》第四〕
The Master said, “Those who are without virtue cannot abide long either
in a condition of poverty and hardship, or in a condition of enjoyment. The
virtuous fest in virtue; the wise desire virtue.”
子曰：「惟仁者，能好人，能惡人。」〔《里仁》第四〕
The Master said, ”It is only the virtuous man, who can love, or hate
others.”
子曰：「富與貴，是人之所欲也；不以其道得知，不處也。貪與賤，是人之所惡也，不以其道得知，不去也。君子去仁，惡乎成名？君子無終食之間違仁，造次必於是，顛沛必於是」〔《里仁》第四〕
The Master said, “Riches and honors are what men desire. If it cannot
be obtained in the proper way, they should not be held. Poverty and meanness are
what men dislike. If it cannot be obtained in the proper way, they could not be
avoided.”
子曰：「知者不惑，仁者不憂，勇者不懼。」〔《子罕》第九〕
The Master said, “ The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous
from anxiety; and the bold from fear.”
顏淵問仁。子曰：「克已復禮為仁。一日克已復禮，天下歸仁焉。為仁由已，而由人乎哉？」顏淵曰：「請問其目。」子曰：「非禮勿視，非禮勿聽，非禮勿言，非禮勿動。」顏淵曰：「回雖不敏，請事斯語矣。」〔《顏淵》第十二〕
Yen Yuen asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, “To subdue
one’s self and return to propriety, is perfect virtue. If a man can for one
day subdue himself and return to propriety, all under heaven will asciloe
perfect virtue to him. Is the practice of perfect virtue from a man himself or
is it from others?”
Yen Yuan said,” I beg to ask the steps of that process.” The Master
replied, ”Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not at what is
contrary to propriety; speak not at what is contrary to propriety; take no
movement which is contrary to propriety.” Yen Yuan then said, “ Though I am
deficient in intelligence and vigor, I will make it my business to practice this
lesson.”
樊遲問仁。子曰：「居處恭，執事敬，與人忠。雖之夷狄，不可棄也。」〔《子路》第十三〕
Fan Ch’ih asked abut perfect virtue. The Master said, “It is, in
retirement, to be sedately grave; in the management of business, to be
reverently attentive; in intercourse with others, to be strictly sincere. Though
a man go among rude, uncultivated tribes, these gualities may not be
neglected.”
子曰：「志士仁人，無求生而害仁，有殺身以成仁。」〔《衛靈公》第十五〕
The Master said,” The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not
seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice
their lives to preserve their virtue complete.”
Loving parents have caring children.
Chinese proverb
Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He
needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with
a child.
Davis, Bette
… most important task as parents is raising
children who will be decent, responsible, and caring people devoted to making
this world a more compassionate place
Kurshan, Neil
… Whether you love your kids or not, but how well
you are able to demonstrate your love and caring so that your children really
feel loved.
Martson, Stephanie