Bagg: Learn humility from Yale
The French have a proverb: To know all is to forgive all.
It may seem extreme to claim that greater understanding will always lead to forgiveness, but I think there’s a lot of truth to that notion. The better we are able to adopt the perspectives of others, the more we will be able to identify with them, and the less likely we will be to blame or judge them. This lesson extends from the personal level, where greater sympathetic understanding might lead you to forgive your friend her habitual lateness, to the political level, where respect of your opponent can facilitate innovation...
