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Most cultures insist on projecting a 1-dimensional image of themselves onto the annals of history.
You’re either totally good, or 100% bad. You probably got brought up on this ideology, and it likely affects how you judge people even now.
Yet, if someone is inherently, unshakably good — isn’t that a hollow victory? How could they even lose?
Therefore, how could they win?
Infallibility is a pointless goal. Follow whichever religious, non-religious or philosophical doctrine you choose — you’ll never be perfect. So why should your heroes be?
It’s time we tossed this simplistic notion aside, because it’s not real.
Gandhi
Everyone’s peaceful go-to from India. This aged man remains patient and wise, and — on the flip-side — a supporter of honorific suicide.
“Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher’s knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs. I believe in hara-kiri. I do not believe in its militaristic connotations, but it is a heroic method. — Gandhi
This chap also seems to think correlation implies causation a little too much.
Hospitals are the…
