"The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong""

This quote by Sydney J. Harris speaks to the difficulty of ethical acts. It suggests that physical and intellectual tasks are not as difficult as moral acts. The three moral acts discussed are returning love for hate, including the excluded, and confessing when one is wrong. These acts need a good deal of strength and nerve, as they include putting aside one's own sensations and desires in order to do what is right. It is easy to react to dislike with more hate, to omit those who are various, and to reject one's errors. Nevertheless, it takes a special kind of individual to do the opposite. To return love for hate, to include the omitted, and to confess when one is wrong are 3 of the most uphill struggles in the world.