generalities

We think in generalities, but we live in detail. To make the past live, we must perceive it in detail in addition to thinking of it in generalities.

I__ like them to appreciate the power of the individual__nd I don__ mean me; I mean the power each person has to make choices and be accountable for himself or herself. I__e noticed that people are quick to put you in a category__f you come from this place then you are that thing. But I__e never placed much value in statistics and trends, bar graphs and socioeconomic data that sum people up. I stop listening when somebody asks me if I know what my chances are. I don__ know that I believe in probability. People are inexplicable and incomprehensible, and nobody really knows what__ possible until they try. I prefer the exceptions to the rules. I like people who try, even when their chances are zero.

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.