I Do Think It Is Very Important

Self-knowledge Is Like Lost Innocence; However Unsettling You Find It, It Can Never Be 'unthought' Or 'unknown'.

Parental Love Is Not Contingent On The Talents And Attributes The Child Happens To Have. We Choose Our Friends And Spouses At Least Partly On The Basis Of Qualities We Find Attractive. But We Do Not Choose Our Children. Their Qualities Are Unpredictable, And Even The Most Conscientious Parents Cannot Be Held Wholly Responsible For The Kind Of Child They Have. That Is Why Parenthood, More Than Other Human Relationships, Teaches What The Theologian William F. May Calls An “openness To The Unbidden.

The Simplest Way Of Understanding Justice Is Giving People What They Deserve. This Idea Goes Back To Aristotle. The Real Difficulty Begins With Figuring Out Who Deserves What And Why.

Very Often When We Aim At The Best, Or What We May Think Is The Best For Our Children, We Aim Really At Lesser Things, Such As Getting Into A Certain College.

The Relief Of Suffering Is A Great Good. The Curing Of Illness And Disease - These Are Great Human Goods. This Is The Mission Of Medicine.