In part 3 of Fyodr Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, The Idiot, we find the famous phrase, “beauty will save the world.” There is a perhaps less well-known line next to it—a question—that is very much worth our consideration: “What beauty will save the world?” (emphasis mine).
As I come upon my 10-year anniversary of working for the communication arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I sense I have had at least a glimpse of an answer to that probing question. I know of few things more beautiful on this planet than those who, despite deep differences, choose the path of mutual respect and admiration of the good they see in others.
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