Download or read book Tips and Maxims for Living a Principled Life written by The Petrie Group and published by . This book was released on 2011-11-04 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not all of these "maxims" are "short, or pithy sayings that have some truth to them." In some cases I err on the peices not being short, but all of them give principles, or understandings I've gained that will prove helpful to not only my children, but to all children who walk on this earth. The majority of these maxims are in the measured feet of poetry, but not in poetic lines. The maxims, in general, are presented to appear as prose. I use maxims as a reminder that the Maxims of Good Discourse by vizier Ptahhotep (ca. 2200 BC) is the oldest form of literature in the world. These maxims are intended to give my children tips and advice on how to develop into "good people" and live a principled life? Like the vizier Ptahhotep, I am imparting information that I hope will be useful to young people as they build a world. It is my hope that they flavor their new world, not merely embellish it, with art and music full of beauty and harmony. These things are being leeched from our society, in general, and our African (black) heritage, specifically. I took the oldest form of literature that mankind knows that happens to have been created by my ancestors. I urge my children to reclaim a world that poet Margaret Walker insisted that a new generation rise and take control.