Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Each generation must critically examine inherited beliefs and adapt them for contemporary contexts.
- In plain terms
- Your job is to question what your parents believed and update it for today.
- What can you take from it?
- Progress requires questioning inherited values and adapting them.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Which values do you accept without question?
- How would you update your family values?
Another view
Constant questioning can sometimes undermine necessary stability or tradition.
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