What is more admirable than Wisdom, Happiness, Courage, Forgiveness, Hope, Joy, Kindness, Tolerance? The greatness of human beings is measured in their virtues. If we are not all perfect - far from it - we can at least do our best to improve ourselves. In this collection, you will find 365 quotes about virtues from all cultures and eras.
Well it shouldn't be impossible for me to write a biography that is honest and satisfying and helpful and maybe even funny. But it is.
I am never entirely sure what to say, what details would be interesting and helpful and useful to you, The Reader, you reader of these sentences and many others.
I am tallish. And curious. I am getting older.
Today at a shoe sale on 57th Street, because I was a few minutes early for a meeting I didn't really want to have with a woman who is successful, self-involved, and in the end interminably dull, today at a shoe sale I met a stranger, a Brazilian woman who teaches family sociology at Princeton. We had a happy conversation (about families, not shoes) for about 20 minutes. I'll probably see her again.