Thought for today:
“Moral formation is not like learning math. It’s more
cumulative; it’s inverse. In a
sin-drenched world it’s precisely through the sin and ensuing repentance that
moral formation happens. That’s why we
try not to judge people by what they did in their worst moment, but by how they
respond to their worse moment. That’s
why we are forgiving of 15-year-olds, because they haven’t disgraced themselves
enough to have earned maturity.”
David
Brooks,
New York Times,
June 18,
2019,
“Harvard’s False Path to Wisdom,”
A. 21, Tuesday, June 18, 2019
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