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- Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is just…
- 'That which does not kill me makes me stronger' is not a law of the universe. What it can be, if we so choose, is…
- Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality.
- As a teenager, I increasingly had questions about religion to which I found no good answers.
- Being a good neighbour is about compassion, which is as warm-blooded as justice is cool-headed.
- If we now find ourselves looking down on the cheap and convenient, it is only because we now have better things which are affordable.
- Life is full of what-ifs, many of which could easily have been realities, had just a few things been different.
- Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in quantum physics, where phenomena are changed by observation,…
- The border between the natural and the supernatural, religion and philosophy, may not always be clear. But there are lines, and we should know and…
- The modern believer is not suspicious enough, which is perhaps why, when they try to construct arguments in their defence, the convictions are left doing…
- Trade has played a vital role in the social evolution of humankind. It allowed people to specialise, which raises both skill levels and efficiency. It…
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