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A Mundane Comedy is Dominic Kelleher's new book, which will be published in mid 2024. The introduction is available here and further extracts will appear on this site and on social media in the coming months.

The 52:52:52 project, launching on this site and on social media in mid 2024, will help you address 52 issues with 52 responses over 52 weeks.

This site addresses what's changing, at the personal, organisational and societal levels. You'll learn about key changes across more than 150 elements of life, from ageing and time, through nature and animals, to kindness and love...and much more besides, which will help you better prepare for related change in your own life.

Respect

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We are beginning to be challenged by a wider imagination, hungry for encouragement, for someone who will listen, for loyalty and trust, and above all for respect -Theodore Zeldin, Intimate History of Humanity, p135

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This is the first test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him - William Lyon Phelps

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There has never been enough respect to go round -Theodore Zeldin, Intimate History of Humanity, p138

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The major preoccupations of our time are happiness, love, friendship and respect - Theodore Zeldin

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The major preoccupations of our time are happiness, love, friendship and respect - Theodore Zeldin

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Sometimes [people] react to the animosities of the big world by seeking more nurture, more generosity, more mutual respect - Theodore Zeldin, Intimate History of Humanity, p143

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Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life- Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark (b. 1939), Canadian politician

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Respect has become more desirable than power - Theodore Zeldin, Intimate History of Humanity, p131

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Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man - Norman Cousins (1915-90)

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No-one foresaw the world shortage of respect - Theodore Zeldin, Intimate History of Humanity