“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
Samuel Johnson
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power.
Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
Arundhati Roy
the samuel johnson quote is not always true. sometimes doing no good also means doing bad, and the man who ignores malice to himself and his people in service to the stranger will disappear into history. then who will play the ignorant saint?