When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
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When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. ... [But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.
If I belittle those whom I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting "Who made thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received?" then I know nothing of Calvary love.
What will really make you attractive is not working on your weak points but embracing them.
The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.
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