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FRIENDLY ATTITUDE A VIRTUE OF THE HUMAN BEINGS
To be inimical to others, to quarrel, to be full of hate to others and to be envious are the vices of the beasts. The dogs of one street are hostile to those of the other, they quarrel with each other and always create a scene of jealousy, hatred etc. proving thereby that they are the vices characte-ristic of the beasts and none else. This means indirectly that they are not and hence should not be the signs of the human beings. Is it at all appropriate then for the exalted human beings to show themselves in such a poor and bad colour? Not at all. In view of the consideration that a human being is far more superior to a bird or beast, it is the bounded duty of a human being to see that the animal traits or habits are not exhibited by him and even if they are there in him, he should take the trouble of getting rid of them at the earliest convenience. To live a life of amiability, to show love or brotherhood, to be happy at others' happiness and to help others all these are the virtues of human beings. If a human being does not possess these virtues of a human being and on the contrary if he has all the vices of an animal, he should never be considered a human being but should be counted as an animal in the frame of a human being. If you hanker after being called a human being, try to acquire the attitude of friendship which can make one fit to be called a human being. (7)
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