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This book contained the quote about choosing whose children we want to be, highlighting the idea of selecting role models even if one's parents were not ideal.
we can remove most sins if we have a witness standing by as we are about to go wrong. The soul should have someone it can respect. By whose example it can make its inner sanctum more invaluable.
— Episode: Avoid This Sickness | Role Models
Episode: Avoid This Sickness | Role Models
This book contained the quote about choosing whose children we want to be, highlighting the idea of selecting role models even if one's parents were not ideal.
we can remove most sins if we have a witness standing by as we are about to go wrong. The soul should have someone it can respect. By whose example it can make its inner sanctum more invaluable.
We don't get to choose our parents, Seneca said, that they were given to us by chance. Yet truly we can choose whose children we'd like to be