An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.

[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future can decide. For example, what appears to be bad today may in fact lead us to a greater good tomorrow and by the very act of thinking and planning in that positive way, we can help make that good future come true.]

Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to die. Jesus dies in pain, dishonor, mockery, the object of universal cursing - the most horrible death that one could fear. At the receipt of the cup of poison, Socrates blesses him who could not give it to him without tears; Jesus, while suffering the sharpest pains, prays for His most bitter enemies. If Socrates lived and died like a philosopher, Jesus lived and died like a god.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

A paralyzed man who wants to walk OR an agile man who does not want to walk will both remain neutral in nature.

He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies