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Nobody sees reality whole; we all need others to show us the parts of it that they see better than we do. Nobody sees reality with total accuracy; we all need others to correct our own vision.

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The problem with revenge is that it never evens the score. It ties both the injured and the injurer to an escalator of pain. Both are stuck on the escalator as long as parity is demanded, and the escalator never stops.

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Our society is pluralistic. We who accept the privilege of membership in that society agree to respect the people's right to live by their own religious precepts.

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What is a disloyal act? A person is disloyal if he treats you as a stranger when, in fact, he belongs to you as a friend or partner. Each of us is bound to some special others by the invisible fibers of loyalty.

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Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk.

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Promise keeping is a powerful means of grace in a time when people hardly depend on each other to remember and live by their word.

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The right to personal privacy is precious. Without it, we are all potential victims for a prying secret police.

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No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to their public know and believe intellectually that lying is immoral. Why then do they lie? They lie to others because they first lie to themselves.

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The Holy Spirit, thank God, often enables people to forgive even though they are not sure how they did it.

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Some people still make promises and keep those they make. When they do, they help make life around them more stably human.

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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