If all emotions are common coin, then what is unique to the good man?To welcome with affection what is sent by fate. Not to stain or disturb the spirit within him with a mess of false beliefs. Instead, to preserve it faithfully, by calmly obeying God saying nothing untrue, doing nothing unjust. And if the others dont acknowledge it this life lived in simplicity, humility, cheerfulness he doesnt resent them for it, and isnt deterred from following the road where it leads: to the end of life. An end to be approached in purity, in serenity, in acceptance, in peaceful unity with what must be.
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