As the writer William Saroyan put it: “I resented school, but I never resented learning.”
Sherlock Holmes, said: “You see, but do not observe. The distinction is clear.” Yes, the power of observation!
“Let’s suppose I had never met Harry Truman and didn’t know anything about him and had never seen a photograph of him. How would you describe him to me?” There was a pause, and he said, “Complicated.” Of course, we are all more complicated than we appear. Everybody is hard to know, particularly someone in public life. But Harry Truman was a much more complicated and interesting person than most of us have been led to believe. He was far better educated, far more learned, far more placid, calm, conciliatory, thoughtful. He never raised his voice among those who worked for him. He was never known to dress anyone down in the White House, never known to fly off the handle or become abusive. He did not like confrontations. In his own family, he was known as “The Peacemaker.” (He came from a very, truly “feisty” family.)
Studies have shown that slowing down and focusing more attention on detail will actually train your brain to assimilate the good habit of becoming more observant and productive.
Empathy is a tool for building people into groups, for allowing us to function as more than self-obsessed individuals. —Neil Gaiman...
Even in the personal sphere, where no universal laws can ever determine unequivocally what is right and what is wrong, man’s actions are not completely arbitrary. Here he is guided not by laws, under which cases can be subsumed, but by principles—such as loyalty, honor, virtue, faith—which, as it were, map out certain directions.
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