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You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should not try to silence them, however repugnant you find them. That is the bitter pill free speech requires us to swallow.

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Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.

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The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being judgmental.

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Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.

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Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.

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True humility is expressed in deeds, not words. The humble are those who truly walk the same ground as everyone else - not necessarily with grovelling, hunched backs, but certainly not lording it over others, either.

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The optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by confronting head-on the reality that all progress is going to be obstructed by vested interests and corrupted by human venality can we create realistic programmes that actually have a chance of success.

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Waiting is so unusual that many of us can't stand in a queue for 30 seconds without getting out our phones to check for messages or to Google something.

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It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim 'never say never' is one of the most important in ethics.

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Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly, quality.

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Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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