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But it can be even worse. Some jobs are outright harmful and fall into what are sometimes called the ‘sin industries.’ Here we find accountants helping the rich avoid taxes, marketers promoting addictive meds, brokers peddling dubious
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“It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.”
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“To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard”
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“Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.”
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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
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“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
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― The Essential Rumi
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