An Unquiet Mind

Personality vs. Character

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1. Interesting analogy Mahendra, didn’t look at it that way before.

   

   Nita

   March 9, 2008 at 8:50 am

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2. Great thought Mahendra!

   

   pr3rna

   March 9, 2008 at 8:54 am

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3. Mahendra: Here is a thought for you.

   They say, “character is what you are in the dark, when nobody is looking”.

   And chlorophyll needs light to be useful and do its job of sustaining life.

   How do we reconcile these two?

   PS This is what happens when a simile is read with the lens of a metaphor

   

   Shefaly

   March 9, 2008 at 12:31 pm

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4. Nita, Prerna: Thanks!

   Shefaly: The thing is, even if chlorophyll needs light, it itself works in the dark, just like Character!

   

   mahendrap

   March 11, 2008 at 8:32 pm

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5. u got me thinking

   

   prax

   March 13, 2008 at 3:10 am

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6. or you could think of personality as the tip of the iceberg, the visible 20 percnt of character which forms the underlying base and the vital 80 p.c. that sustains personality

   

   trisha

   March 13, 2008 at 11:41 pm

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7. when smthng changes or starts ging bad abt the chlorophyll within, the leaves change colour too…personality cd be the outward manifestation of whats within? the convictions, the history of credibilty one builds up etc? just an idea…and u made me think

   

   trisha

   March 13, 2008 at 11:45 pm

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8. Very wise words indeed… so simple and direct, yet mostly ignored.

   

   enreal

   March 23, 2008 at 7:52 am

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9. Enreal: thank you!

   

   mahendrap

   April 2, 2008 at 10:14 pm

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10. A brilliant analogy – comparing chlorophyll with character and the comment that chlorophyll itself works in the dark. This is some food for thought. Thanks

    

    Francis Gama

    June 18, 2009 at 11:51 pm

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    • Thank you!

      

      Mahendra

      June 19, 2009 at 8:25 am

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