We are virtuous to the extent that we are patient. Patience is the acid test for maturity. St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)…
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Posts Categorized: Courage
Creative Fidelity
Omni-talented comedian, actor, and producer Whoopi Goldberg is interviewed in this month’s Vanity Fair magazine. Asked what living person she admires most,…
Growing Pains
The French author Colette wrote, “I was changing — slowly if you like, but what the matter? To change is the great thing.”…
A Walk in the Park
I took a walk today in the local park. A bearded man and his tee-shirted wife walked toward me in conversation. As…
Beware the Amygdala
We have a lot more tools for growing in virtue than our great-grandparents did. One new-fangled tool is knowledge of how brain…
Virtue vs. Godzilla
Fear is the enemy of virtue. Some fear is useful — keeping ahead of scorpions or Godzilla will help you survive. But…
The Wayward Wisdom of Wilkins Micawber
Mr. Micawber shares his recipe for the good life in Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield: “Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and…
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