Comments on: Virtue http://www.unquietdesperation.com/2008/12/28/virtue/ The Mass of Men Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation. Where's the Fun in That? Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:06:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Skepticism, Spirituality, and Doubt | Unquiet Desperation http://www.unquietdesperation.com/2008/12/28/virtue/comment-page-1/#comment-13423 Skepticism, Spirituality, and Doubt | Unquiet Desperation Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:48:29 +0000 http://www.unquietdesperation.com/?p=452#comment-13423 [...] As I said in a previous essay, I’ve been thinking a lot about the stories we tell ourselves. Along with that, I’ve been considering the way we see other people’s stories. How we watch then, listen to them, and if they have something we feel we need, how we try to adapt their stories to fit into our own. [...] [...] As I said in a previous essay, I’ve been thinking a lot about the stories we tell ourselves. Along with that, I’ve been considering the way we see other people’s stories. How we watch then, listen to them, and if they have something we feel we need, how we try to adapt their stories to fit into our own. [...]

]]> By: Chris Miller http://www.unquietdesperation.com/2008/12/28/virtue/comment-page-1/#comment-13407 Chris Miller Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:36:53 +0000 http://www.unquietdesperation.com/?p=452#comment-13407 No shame in citing a little Ultima. :) Let's take our wisdom where we can find it. And I agree, btw. Business, at it's hard, can only keep customers and client happy and sustained when adhering to these virtues. Anything else breeds cynicism and distrust. No shame in citing a little Ultima. :) Let’s take our wisdom where we can find it.

And I agree, btw. Business, at it’s hard, can only keep customers and client happy and sustained when adhering to these virtues. Anything else breeds cynicism and distrust.

]]> By: Zach http://www.unquietdesperation.com/2008/12/28/virtue/comment-page-1/#comment-13406 Zach Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:36:12 +0000 http://www.unquietdesperation.com/?p=452#comment-13406 A great sentiment, Chris. Of course, business can be honorable too, and those of us who participate in it (even the business of law) would do well to remember those age-old principles of honor, honesty, sacrifice, spirituality, justice, valor, compassion, and humility. (Okay, yes I did just rattle off the eight virtues of the Avatar from Ultima II. Doesn't mean they don't apply.) A great sentiment, Chris. Of course, business can be honorable too, and those of us who participate in it (even the business of law) would do well to remember those age-old principles of honor, honesty, sacrifice, spirituality, justice, valor, compassion, and humility. (Okay, yes I did just rattle off the eight virtues of the Avatar from Ultima II. Doesn’t mean they don’t apply.)

]]> By: Mick Bradley http://www.unquietdesperation.com/2008/12/28/virtue/comment-page-1/#comment-13405 Mick Bradley Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:33:53 +0000 http://www.unquietdesperation.com/?p=452#comment-13405 Dude, that was well-written. I have no personal experience with La-La Land (nor with being raised by virtuous parents for that matter) but you've made me feel like I'm right there in it. Niiice. Dude, that was well-written. I have no personal experience with La-La Land (nor with being raised by virtuous parents for that matter) but you’ve made me feel like I’m right there in it. Niiice.

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