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Whirlwind of Humanity We simpletons might not understand the game of words going on in this world! In the name of the world's security the statesmen of this world plead for our loyalty to the claims of a humanitarian creed; and then in the name of the same humanitarian creed, they wage the most frightful and atrocious war in the world. Too often these talks of a humanistic cult sound hollow like an empty drum. They sound on both sides. With equal gusto they tune up both the notes: the note of non-violence and the note of annihilation! The echo responds to the player's tune -protector and devourer in the same breath!
The World's Esteem The world is like Janus, the double-faced god. Having acclaimed you as benign this moment, it will dub you perverse, the next. Study your life whenever the world calls you either benign or perverse. Explore what essentially you are: perverse or benign? If perverse, strive for self-improvement; if benign, woo sweet silence! After all, the verdict of one's conscience is far more valuable than the estimation of the whole world.
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