An accident seemed like an opportunity to locals around as they surrounded a milk tanker involved in the crash. The tanker was hit from behind by a speeding truck in the city, leading to the death of the truck driver. Locals were quick to surround the milk tanker with utensils, bottles and plastic containers, trying to loot milk coming out of the tanker.

Mere time-killing and boredom gain ground, which are directly related to the absence of leisure, for only someone who has lost the spiritual power to be at leisure can be bored.

Evil is typically more powerful than good. Bad men delight in weapons that good men spurn. Success in past conflicts, political or military, is not Bayesian evidence of moral superiority. It is just the opposite.

11. Never say about anything, “I have lost it”; but say, “I have returned it.” Has your little child died? “It has been returned.” Has your wife died? “She has been returned.” “I have been robbed of my land.” No, that has been returned as well. “But it was a bad person who stole it.” Why are you bothered about the individual the donor used to demand its return? As long as these things are given to you, take care of them as things that are not your own, just as travelers treat their lodging.