Wisdom

From the diary of the great Robert Fripp Sunday, 20th September 2009

Responsibility

We are born with rights, freedoms and obligations.

We are born with freedoms, and have the obligation to claim them.
It is as true to say that we are born with obligations, and have the right to honour them.

We have the freedom to exercise our rights to the degree that we have the freedom to meet our obligations.

The key to our personal freedom is the extent to which we accept responsibility for exercising our rights and meeting our obligations.

Our sense of personal responsibility, in respect to rights & obligations, in some cases may be innate; but in others, may not be.

The sense & feeling of personal responsibility, and our capacity to exercise it, is primarily an outcome of education.