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    ‘Everything that we have done cannot be undone. No achievement can be taken away’

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    ‘News about our amazing plastic brain supports the view that what we can be is much more diverse than we think’

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    ‘The dentist’s receptionist may not be the best person in whom to confide our deepest worries’

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    Is it better to give or to receive?

    ‘Studies have found that people who do acts of kindness experience increased happiness and well-being’

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    ‘How, without being rude, do you discourage a friend who wants to be in touch much more than you’d like?’

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    ‘You might escape from pain and loss by cultivating a disinterested detachment. But for me this comes at too high a cost’

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    ‘Being online offers pleasures that demand little time and effort, when most of what is valuable requires a fair bit of both’

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    Is balance boring?

    Conviction is overrated and the value of ‘knowing your own mind’ misunderstood

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    ‘The main quality you need to develop is compassion — for yourself and your child’

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    ‘Gloom is easily mistaken for intellectual depth. Have you ever seen a photo of a smiling existentialist?’

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    Should we ever delay the inevitable?

    ‘Sometimes it pays to take charge of a situation instead of just letting it run its course’

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    ‘We need to stop attempting to escape and to turn towards our experience’

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    How do we respect others’ choices?

    ‘True respect requires everyone to see others as capable of hearing criticisms and debating about them’

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    Should we be embarrassed?

    It’s not just friends who can leave us red-faced but even compatriots who behave badly abroad

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    Is work good for us?

    ‘So interdependent is society that no one can claim to owe their affluence solely to their own talent or effort’

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    ‘Simply accepting that there are no ultimate grounds for anything looks like a cop-out’

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    ‘If we have a tendency to run away from problems, we’d do well to question our motivation in seeking a change of scene’

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    ‘Should we at least try to purge metaphor from rigorous disciplines such as philosophy, science and economics?’

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    ‘Far from being the hardest word, saying sorry is much easier than addressing the legacy of historical injustices’

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    ‘Excellence usually requires discipline and effort, and these are helped by the structures of routines’

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    ‘The transitory nature of all things applies to partners as well as iPads’

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    ‘Having fun involves living in the moment without a care as to whether what you are enjoying is edifying’

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