“A mature person is one… who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally…, who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.”

Eleanor Roosevelt U.S. First Lady, diplomat, human rights activist

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