Material advancement has its share in moral and intellectual progress. Becky Sharp's acute remark that it is not difficult to be v...irtuous on ten thousand a year has its applications to nations; and it is futile to expect a hungry and squalid population to be anything but violent and gross.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In my practice I've seen how people have allowed their humanity to drain away. Only it happens slowly instead of all at once. I di...dn't seem to mind.... All of us, a little bit. We harden our hearts. Grow callous. Only when we have to fight to stay human do we realize how precious it is to us, how dear.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »