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The second hugely seductive move is to signal that we view the other person with a mixture of tenderness and realism. It’s often imagined that it’ll b...more

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To appreciate life's small moments, it helps to have a sense the whole can never be made perfect.

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Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.

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The most courageous act in politics is to try to understand your opponent.

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[L]ife is a phenomenon in need of criticism, for we are, as fallen creatures, in permanent danger of worshipping false gods, of failing to understand ...more

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A world where a majority had imbibed the lessons implicit within tragic art would be one in which the consequences of our failures would necessarily c...more

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We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wi...more

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We are never through with the requirement for acceptance. This isn't a curse limited to the inadequate and the weak. Insecurity may even be a peculiar...more