The aim of a joke is not to degrade
the human being but to remind him
that he is already degraded.
( George Orwell )
[名、利、權的魅力]
余澹富強調：要賺取高昂的心理輔導費，
方法就是繼續讚！用高級的勵志金句來讚！
這就需要找一些一流專家的言論來支持，
尤其是當這些專家或名人忘記了聲明，
或者根本不懂得他們金句有先決條件及應用範疇。
金錢，當然重要！
Lack of money is the root of all evil.
( George Bernard Shaw )
The worst thing that can happen to a man
is to lose his money,
the next worst his health,
the next worst his reputation.
( Samuel Butler )
但是名氣不一定能夠轉換成金錢，
金錢亦不一定能夠轉換成權力。
相反來說，權力卻能夠轉換成名氣和金錢。
有了權力，自然就有名氣。
有了權力和名氣，就可以更容易地賺更多錢。
錢當然是越多越好，因為錢可以買很多東西：
Many priceless things can be bought.
( Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms, 1880 )
金錢和權力可以換取很多人的人格和對你的尊敬。
為了金錢和權力，有些人甚至可以出售靈魂！
一將功成萬骨枯，
所以在爭奪權力時，千萬不要怕說謊，
奪取權力之後，也不要怕出賣那些走狗朋友，
更加不要為貪污而覺得羞恥。
Don’t invite people to your garden
who trample on your flowers.
The best feeling comes when you realize that
you’re perfectly happy without the people
you thought you needed the most. It doesn’t
matter who you were, what matters the most
is how you are going to be the rest of your life.
Regardless of how filthy your past has been,
it is just a story. Once you realize this, it has
no power over you, your future is still spotless.
When you go through hard times, remember
that good times will come as surely as
day follows night. Every day is a fresh start.
Each day is a new beginning. Forget
what is gone, appreciate what still remains.
Try again. Tell yourself that you still want more
out of your life, and that you were born with
unlimited potential. Live your life to the fullest！
君不見，自從無恥劫以來，
from time immemorial and shameless，
思歪、說謊和虛偽成為了香港高尚的道德，
而語言偽術則成為了香港政棍最受歡迎的才華，
一眾識時務者趨之若鶩，願意與恥同行者日多？
甚至連一些與主同行的人亦願意與恥同行。
當一個人擁有了權力之後，
等著拍你馬屁的人將會如天上的星星那麼多，
誰還會介意你的過去？
所以在爭權奪利的過程之中，
首先要得到上司或同志的支持，
而在貪瀆的過程之中，首先不要怕犯錯！
A person who never made a mistake
never tried anything new.
( Albert Einstein )
A life spent making mistakes is
not only more honorable but more useful
than a life spent doing nothing.
( George Bernard Shaw )
He who risks and fails can be forgiven.
He who never risks and never fails
is a failure in his whole being.
( Paul Tillich )
余澹富還介紹了如何推薦一位奴才的藝術：
「這位奴才真醒目，不但拍馬屁經驗豐富，
懂得製造謠言的竅門，
又懂得如何轉移人民的視線，
絕對可以勝任新職。
他/她以前在綠島時聽《綠島小夜曲》，
現在他/她和同志們一起唱《友誼之光》。」
當然奴才還可以選擇「默當奴」或者「密當奴」，
不會理會朋友的勸告，叫他「勿當奴」，
因為名利橦的誘惑實在太大，想出人頭地的欲望紅杏出牆。
奴才不要怕犯小錯，寧可做了後悔，也不要錯過機會！
犯了一次小錯，就要化悲痛為力量，
告訴只要下次小心一點就是了。不要忘記：
Time heals almost everything！
而且你是虔誠的天主教徒，
即使犯了錯亦享有一般人難以得到的支持，
很多充滿愛心的人都會原諒你。
Bear with each other and forgive one another
if any of you has a grievance against someone.
Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
( Colossians 3:13 )
況且你又是我的客戶和金主，
所以我一定會通過講座和傳播媒介告訴市民：
人際關係的和諧在於「同理心」，
即使市民不認同你的價值觀，也要認真了解和體諒，
我會告訴自覺是君子、喜歡和平、道貌岸然的人，
要包容，要體諒，要做到和而不同。
Be kind, for everyone you meet
is fighting a hard battle.
( Socrates )
余澹富特別指出：
不要以為自稱虔誠基督徒的人會不怕死，
不要以為自稱虔誠基督徒的人會不怕政治威嚇，
不要以為自稱虔誠基督徒的人會不喜歡權力。
爬上教會高層的人，
除了喜歡權力所帶來的飄飄然感覺之外，
一旦擁有了權力，
便傾向於忘記了一個基督徒必須時刻「保守他的心」，
所以他們甚至會濫用權力，劃清階級，
臉上掛著微笑，口裡掛著謙虛，
心裡卻歧視地位或者學歷比不上他的人，
濫用權力時完全不考慮受影響者的福祉，
和一般人完全沒有分別！
Nearly all men can stand adversity.
But if you want to test a man’s character
──give him power.
( Abraham Lincoln )
If he wants to be an asshole,
it’s a free country. Millions before him
have made the same life choice.
( Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake )
Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously
in small matters
cannot be trusted in large ones either.
( Albert Einstein )
濫用權力的原因，就是喜歡自己有多一些自由；
而劃清階級的原因，就是人以類聚，
讓同階級的人互相鼓勵，一同享受濫權的快樂，
及向別人解釋為甚麼他們可以有多一些的自由。
教會內一樣有 tyrant ！
Every tyrant who has lived
has believed in freedom for himself.
( Elbert Hubbard )