suggestion that they aren’t good neighbors.
iv. That you’ve made enough mistakes yourself. You’re
just like them.
Even if there are some you’ve avoided, you have the
potential.
Even if cowardice has kept you from them. Or fear of
what people would say. Or some equally bad reason.
v. That you don’t know for sure it is a mistake. A lot of
things are means to some other end. You have to know
an awful lot before you can judge other people’s actions
with real understanding.
vi. When you lose your temper, or even feel irritated:
that human life is very short. Before long all of us will
be laid out side by side.
vii. That it’s not what they do that bothers us: that’s a
problem for their minds, not ours. It’s our own
misperceptions. Discard them. Be willing to give up
thinking of this as a catastrophe... and your anger is
gone. How do you do that? By recognizing that you’ve
suffered no disgrace. Unless disgrace is the only thing
that can hurt you, you’re doomed to commit innumerable
offenses—to become a thief, or heaven only knows