The Moral Vision
Realizing One’s Own Shortcomings
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religious work also. But in whatever field work is
going on, people will only be able to work together
if they are patient and tenderhearted in their
outlook. They will have to bear with one another,
putting ill-feeling behind them, not becoming
alienated towards one another over petty issues. It
is all very well to be an idealist, but if one eternally
seeks the ideal in people, one is bound to be
disappointed. The only way to be able to work with
others, then, is to overlook the fact that they do not
come up to one’s ideal standard, and even to extend
moral support to those who seem the most
deficient.
