Such is our proclivity for error and our vulnerability to reversals of fortune, we are all on the verge of needing someone to come to our imaginative aid. And therefore, if for no other reason, we have a duty to remain constant providers of generous interpretations of the lives of others. We must be kind in the sense not only of being touched by the remote material suffering of strangers, but also of being ready to do more than condemn and hate the sinful around us, hopeful that we too may be accorded a tolerable degree of sympathy in our forthcoming hour of failure and shame.
Author: Alain de Botton
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Personal Improvement, Relationships
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Personal Improvement, Relationships
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