Thật thà là đức tính tôt - HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

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Thật thà là đức tính tôt - HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY 1. HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY THAÄT THAØ LAØ MOÄT ÑÖÙC TÍNH TOÁT OUTLINE Introduction : - This is a worldly - minded proverb. 1. Honesty in business probably pays in the long run. 2. But dishonesty often leads to worldly success. 3. And honesty has often to worldly ruin 4. From a spiritual point of view, honesty pays best, because it is right. This is an old and often repeated proverb1 : but is it true ? It has a suspiciously worldly flavour2, for it means that from a worldly point of view it pays3 to be honest. Now a really honest man will not ask whether honesty pays or not. He feels he must be honest, even if4 honesty brings him loss or suffering, simply because5 it is right to be honest and wrong to be dishonest. This proverb is therefore of little use6 to sincerely honest people: it is really meant only if for those unprincipled men7 who will be honest only if honesty pays, and will be dishonest if they think dishonesty will pay them better. Probably honesty does pay in the long run8. In business, for example, a man who deals9 straight forwardly with the public, who sells at fair prices10, who gives good quality, and can be relied upon11 not to cheat, will generally establish a reputation that will be a fine business asset. People will be glad to deal with him : and though he may not make a fortune12 he will have a sound and satisfactory business. On the other hand13 there is no doubt that success is often due to14 trickery, and great fortunes have been built up upon dishonesty. Too many successful rogues have proved by experience that for them dishonesty had been the best policy. Of course some of these people come to a bad end15, and lose all they have gained by their lies : but many maintain their worldly success is more due to ability, lucky opportunities, and business cunning, than to honesty. And many examples could be given of men who, from a worldly point of view16, have failed because they were honest. A martyr17 who prefers to be burned at the stake rather than say what he believes to be false, may be a hero ; but in the eyes of a worldly man, who thinks only of worldly success, he is a sad failure. But if we look at such cases from the spiritual point of view - if we consider that truth and righteousness are far more important than wealth and rank and prosperity - then, in the highest sense, honesty is in the end18 the best policy. For what it shall profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? Moät caâu chaâm ngoân cuõ thöôøng ñöôïc nhaéc ñeán, nhöng lieäu noù coù ñuùng hay khoâng ? Caâu chaâm ngoân khoâng coù chuùt gì veà muøi ñôøi vôùi nghóa raèng thaät thaø seõ ñöôïc lôïi theo quan ñieåm chung. Baây giôø moät ngöôøi thaät thaø seõ khoâng hoûi thaät thaø coù lôïi hay khoâng maø anh ta chæ thaáy raèng mình phaûi thaät thaäm chí thaät thaät ñem laïi söï thieät thoøi vaø ñau khoå. Chæ vì thaät laø ñuùng, khoâng thaät coù nghóa laø sai. Do ñoù chaâm ngoân naøy chaúng coù ích chuùt naøo ñoái vôùi ngöôøi thaät thaø. Noù thaät söï coù yù nghóa ñoái vôùi ngöôøi khoâng toân troïng nguyeân taéc, ngöôøi chæ thaønh thaät khi thaät ñem laïi lôïi nhuaän, vaø khoâng thaät neáu hoï thaáy noù ñem laïi nhieàu lôïi nhuaän hôn. Coù leõ thaät thaø laø keá laâu daøi ñeå sinh lôïi. Trong kinh doanh, chaúng haïn, coù moät ngöôøi giao dòch tröïc tieáp vôùi quaàn chuùng, baùn haøng vôùi giaù phaûi chaêng, coù chaát löôïng toát, coù theå tin töôûng maø khoâng bò gaït thì trong töông lai ngöôøi ñoù seõ thieát laäp ñöôïc danh tieáng cho mình, ñoù laø taøi saûn quí baùu trong kinh doanh. Moïi ngöôøi seõ haøi loøng khi mua haøng cuûa anh ta vaø duø anh khoâng gaëp may maén, anh vaãn coù tieáng toát vaø coâng vieäc buoân baùn thoûa maõn. Maët khaùc, khoâng coøn nghi ngôø gì nöõa raèng thaønh coâng thöôøng bôûi troø löøa ñaûo ñoàng thôøi gaëp may ñaõ taïo neân tính löøa bòp. Kinh nghieäm cho thaáy nhieàu teân löøa bòp thaønh coâng xem söï löøa ñaûo laø saùch löôïc toái öu. Taát nhieân laø seõ coù moät soá keát thuùc baèng söï ñoå vôõ, seõ nhanh choùng maát taát caû nhöõng gì hoï coù ñöôïc nhôø noùi laùo. Nhöng coù nhieàu ngöôøi duy trì ñöôïc söï thaønh coâng cuûa mình phaàn lôùn nhôø naêng löïc, vaän may vaø taøi kheùo leùo trong kinh doanh hôn laø loøng chaân thaät. Vaø cuõng khoâng ít nhöõng taám göông thaát baïi chæ vì hoï thaät thaø. Ngöôøi töû vì ñaïo thích ñöôïc cheát thieâu hôn laø noùi nhöõng gì anh ta tin laø sai quaáy. Coù theå laø anh huøng ñaáy nhöng döôùi con maét ngöôøi ñôøi, hoï chæ nghó ñeán thaønh coâng coù tieáng vang cho neân anh ta cho raèng tröôøng hôïp anh aáy laø moät söï thaát baïi buoàn. Nhöng neáu chuùng ta nhìn caùc tröôøng hôïp naøy theo quan ñieåm toân giaùo, neáu chuùng ta xem söï thaät vaø tính ñuùng ñaén quan troïng hôn söï giaøu coù, ñòa vò vaø taøi saûn. Cuoái cuøng treâ ...