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Five enemies of peace inhabit us—avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If these were to be banished, we should enjoy perpetual peace.
A child thinks it is the center of all. But as they age, they realize others exist, and their needs and whims do not rule the house, let alone the village, let alone the world.
There are many lessons to be learned in suffering. We would never learn to be brave if all evils were removed by the asking.
“To know nothing is the happiest life.” Knowledge is always a sword with two edges. It cuts away falsehood but reveals hypocrisy.
‘We are slow to believe that which, if believed, would hurt our feelings.’
