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“... I suggest one form of rationing which we ought to impose on ourselves. Abstain from all thinking about other people’s faults, unless your duties…
“... I suggest one form of rationing which we ought to impose on ourselves. Abstain from all thinking about other people’s faults, unless your duties…
Dale Carnegie, in his classic, How to Win Friends & Influence People, cites an article that offers some helpful suggestions for how to handle disagreements…
Living well is the best revenge.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 272. Several caveats are in order before this one yields helpful insight…
I work a lot with college students. I've met some of the most amazing people. It's a delight--and gives me hope for the future. Occasionally,…
The effect speaks, the tongue needs not.George Herbert, "Proverbs" in The Complete English Works, 27. We all want credit. It feels good--feels like winning. A…
There is a scene in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring wherein the hero, Frodo, is desirous of advice from a very wise elf…
"I do indeed, Sir," said Caspian. "I was wishing that I came from a more honorable lineage." "You come of the Lord Adam and the…
We all have folks we look up to. I enjoy asking people who their heroes are. It's amazing how often parents, grandparents, coaches, and teachers…
All that glisters is not gold...William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 7 Tolkien insightfully turns the saying around in The Fellowship of the…
Christians rightly make a big deal out of the death and resurrection of Christ. "By His wounds we are healed." This is not merely a…