It is the roots that give the plant the strength to climb toward the sun, though they know nothing of it. Suppose that some scythe, whistling along the ground, should sever the stalk from its roots. The stalk would fall and die, but the roots might put up a new stalk.” “You are saying that evil is good.” “No. I am saying that the things we love in others and admire in ourselves spring from things we do not see and seldom think about.
