Sublime

A new ethic was needed to usher in a new age. The age of authenticity dawned through a new ethic and a new sense of what made for a good life (and what is good).12 This is the ethic of authenticity that Taylor has famously and lucidly described.13 This ethic asserts that every human being has the right to define for himself or herself what it means

talent sets the floor, but character sets the ceiling.

It takes people to get things done, and not just any people, the right people.

“My whole theory about life,” Will wrote back, despite the fact that he himself had effortlessly graduated from Harvard, “is that glory and accomplishment are of far less importance than the creation of character and the individual good life.”

Imagine a society and culture that promotes excellence of character as the key to happiness. Judaism always has.

The cliché is true: People don’t care what we know until they know we care.

Margaret Mead nailed it when she observed, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it’s the only thing that ever has.”