I've talked about this before, sometime. I don't think you can generalize and say that most people are good or bad. People are complex, in a way that some of us never get used to.
You can, perhaps, appeal to the better part of others through accessing the better part of yourself. That's the idea, anyway, a good one. I'm sure there's more to it.
You can, perhaps, appeal to the better part of others through accessing the better part of yourself. That's the idea, anyway, a good one. I'm sure there's more to it.
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I don't know if I'll re-read the whole series (I might and the books aren't long) but in the past week I enjoyed Alexander McCall Smith's, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. His main character, Precious Ramotswe, has many interesting observations about life and I was reminded of this one by your post.
“The problem, of course, was that many people did not seem to understand the difference between right and wrong. They needed to be reminded about this, because if you left it to them to work out for themselves, they would never bother. They would just find out what was best for them, and then they would call that the right thing. That's how most people thought.”
I'm very fond of Mma Ramotswe.
I have heard of the Precious Ramotswe series, which if I recall correctly was the basis for an HBO series for a while as well. I haven't read any of the books, though. For that matter I didn't see any of the TV show either. Maybe I should change that, though. That is a very sage quote, getting at a real truth. It's just not something everyone is going to think of on their own.
Also the books are set in Botswana? Not a place we in America hear or think about very often.
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