Time sometimes makes certain things seem so far away - as if they never existed or even if they did the familiarity doesn't exist.

Art is also a science. Only, the scientific details of art are hidden.

Gatsby Revisited!!

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
'Whenever you feel like criticising anyone', he told me, 'just remember that all the people in the world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'

These are the opening lines of The Great Gatsby. I happened to like the narrator Nick more than Gatsby. Probably because I am fond of people who can understand what's happening around them and express it too.
Anyway back to the lines in the book... if you stop, think and apply this, you realize the advice is quiet true. And I'd use the word experiences rather than advantages. Experiences are what shape us and our ideologies, and differentiate us from others. I could have learnt something which you might not be aware of because you haven't gone through a life similar to mine.
Hmmm... now this is what makes me a li'l less cynical.