by CR (063)
Fear is one of the most harmful, disquieting, distressing and tormenting evils that plague humanity. Its roots begin to grow in early childhood at a time when so many wrong ideas are instilled in children's minds.
The fear complex, which gradually takes hold of children, and the ominous influence it exercises on their whole lives should be blamed on certain ridiculous fairy-tales involving goblins, werewolves and other fabrications.
It is the duty of everyone who is responsible for children, during the process of their education, to fight everything that may contribute to make them shy or fearful. Of course extreme paths that may lead to negligence and recklessness should likewise be avoided.
To live effectively means to live fully in the proper sense, i.e., to take good care of one's physical and mental health, to share actively humanity's common effort to improve the world's conditions and always to conduct oneself in a disciplined, methodical, orderly manner.
Man should respect himself and his fellow men. A dignified earthly existence that is well adjusted to the common well-being is inconceivable without respect.
Respect must exist between parents and children, husband and wife, brothers and sisters and generally speaking, between individuals. Nothing is more harmful, more contaminating, more destructive of the feeling of friendship than lack of respect. In no way does intimacy forego respectful treatment.
To treat one's fellow man without respect reveals lack of moral principles and is equivalent to indignity. And in order to be treated with respect and consideration, a human being needs to follow an irreproachable pattern of conduct at all times.
References
[1] Christian Rationalism, 1st Edition, Rio de Janeiro 1984
[2] Compilation, paraphrasing, translation from original texts in Portuguese
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