Flattery, by itself, is empty of meaning and rotten in its moral implications. Complimenting, without sincerity and with the intention to obtain benefits or bend someone’s character is adulation. And blandishment is an act of dishonesty such as theft or any fraud.
On the other hand, to recognize someone’s value or one of his realizations, to be grateful and fair with whom serves us, to stimulate the self-esteem and the efforts of a creature in process of self-overcoming are sacred duties of which no one will fail to do without being severely held accountable by the Sacred World Government.
Without timely and due praise, criticism sounds invalid, reprehension dies useless, learning becomes impossible.
Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar
by the Spirit Gustavo Henrique.
Message received on December 18, 2012.