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It was the desire to act on his behalf, the fierce and unthinking desire to do for him, even sacrifice herself if necessary. Wasn’t that at the heart of love?
He was convinced that many of the problems in the world stemmed from a tribal, us-versus-them mentality that pitted one group against another: Jews against Christians, Israelis against Arabs, white against black, and countless other divisions.
In order for God to dwell on earth, to dwell among his believers, a structure of great beauty must be created, one that depends on those that are nediv lev, generous in their hearts.”
‘Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as if he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire
If everyone’s perspective is equally right, she warned her husband, then there is no absolute right, and everything goes. It could leave you without bearings, adrift and lost.
read the remarkable works of Primo Levi and two superb histories: Alexander Stille’s Benevolence and Betrayal and Susan Zuccotti’s The Italians and the Holocaust.
He is the author of One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient and The Language of Pain: Finding Words, Compassion, and Relief.
