What you are, teaches your children far more than what you say, so if you want your children to be kindhearted... You too must be kindhearted and perform genuine acts of kindness on a consistent basis. (the-positive-parenting-centre.com)
Lear reads Plato's dialogues as attempts to explain, by the articulation of a psychology, how irony is possible: «why it is that we are creatures who, for the most part, do not grasp the real situation we are in; and how it is that on occasion an individual is able to break free of appearances and engage in genuine acts of pretense - transcending aspiring.» (firstthings.com)
The wisdom of the Church teaches that our bodies are made for the worship of God and for genuine acts of spiritual love. (firstthings.com)