Lord Erni's Sayings (Part I)

As I do typing jobs for Lord Erni’s book, I stumbled upon some of his quotations and sayings… (Some of these were with sources unknown, but most of these came from him) He might not be Confucius or Mahatma Gandhi, but I find these useful. Let me share some to you.


LORD ERNI

ON LEADERS AND STAFFS

“The ‘path’ has to be laid by the leaders; and the staff has to be assisted in searching the ‘goal’.”

“No orientation to develop a sense of pride and loyalty on the parts of the new staff.”


ON OFFICE PROCEDURES

“Improve your abilities as way of preparing for bigger responsibilities in the future. Would you? Why should you say no?”

“No orientation to avoid future misunderstanding about the office policies, rules, procedures and the like.”

“Description should be from the top to down, rather than the reverse.”

“Programs and specific tasks must carried out effectively and efficiently.”


ON LAW AND GOVERNANCE

“Go to friends for advice; to woman for pity; to strangers for charity; to relatives for nothing.”

“The good needs fear no law.”

“The laws can discover sin, but not remove.”

“Corrupt government is like beer; it tastes good if it’s for free;
An innocent employee is like bread; sometimes expired, but it tastes good.”


ON GOOD BOOKS

“A good book is a precious treasure on purpose to live beyond life.”

“Good books are like men who speak aloud for future times to hear.”


(P.S. I'm going to post his sayings on an installment basis, since this might be too long and tedious to read.)