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Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it. Alan Dershowitz altruismaspirebalance share on social
I never had an existential moment when I asked myself what I was going to do. I always wanted to be a lawyer, and I knew exactly the kind of lawyer I wanted to be. Alan Dershowitz askexistentialkind Change image and share on social
Juries are not computers. They are composed of human beings who evaluate evidence differently. Alan Dershowitz beingcomposecomputer Change image and share on social
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. Henry Fielding adversityhonestman Change image and share on social
To those who ask what the infinitely small quantity in mathematics is, we answer that it is actually zero. Hence there are not so many mysteries hidden in this concept as they are usually believed to be. Leonhard Euler answerbelieveconcept share on social
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry. Chinua Achebe beautifulchaoticflow share on social
