33) When certain events are so shocking that they make us uncontrollably angry it is wise for us to wait until the anger has been transformed into the more positive emotion of profound sadness before deciding how we should act.
34) Nearly all our criticism of other people is not only unconscious but rooted in our inability to understand how difficult it is for them to change and accommodate themselves to our own subjective view of the world.
35) We should be wary of having too much pride in what we believe to be our strengths. They have a shadow side that can turn them into weaknesses.
36) If we think we understand precisely the nuanced language of texts written several hundred, perhaps thousands of years ago, we are not only somewhat brave but extremely foolish. The shades of meaning of many words change over time and the same word may well have had a completely different effect on readers of 400 or 500 years ago from the effect it has on readers today.
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