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The old moral model dies hard. It still lives on in the minds of certain groups and individuals. At the heart of the moral model beats the conviction that willpower controls all human emotion, learning, and behavior. Under this model, the
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“The furious behaviour of an angry man is more likely to exasperate us against himself than against his enemies.”
― The Theory of Moral Sentiments
― The Theory of Moral Sentiments
“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
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“Sharing with one’s neighbors out of free choice was one’s right. But government seizure of one’s wages and property for the purposes of redistribution of wealth at the barrel of a gun was tyranny.”
― Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
― Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
“I also learned the importance of strong and open communication. You can learn from people at all levels. I have a grade-school education. Yet for decades I’ve made the finest men’s suits in the world. I didn’t need an expensive education. I watched, listened, asked questions, remained teachable, and devised ways to beat the best. I never aimed for mere excellence.”
― Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
― Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
“The dehumanizing randomness of the murders suffocated my sense of hope, just as Hitler and his henchmen had intended. What appeared random was, in fact, not random at all. It was a systematic psychological lynching, a strangling of the human heart’s need to believe in the rewards of goodness, a snapping of the moral hinge on which humanity swings. Soon, and much to my shame, I became anesthetized to death, numb to depravity. Some primal survival switch inside me had been temporarily flicked on that allowed me to submerge the emotions generated by the evil scorching my eyes.”
― Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
― Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents' Tailor
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