What I believe (by E.M. Forster)
To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control, that can lead you to be shattered in very extreme circumstances for which you were not to blame. That says something very important about the human condition of the ethical life: that it is based on a trust in the uncer
... See morewhat others believe in a nuanced way builds an informed conscience, and enhances the capacity to trust the course of one’s own life, even—or especially—when one’s own standpoint conflicts with the status quo.