We live in a paradoxical world. A world where it is possible to love and hate the same person. Where we speak of peace but shelter enmity. Where every vice is hid by hypocrisy, every virtue is suspected to be hypocrisy . . . and the suspicion is looked upon as wisdom. Where truth gets lost in presuppositions. The same world is heaven and hell. Society, politics, commerce, literature, art and sciences, religion and ethics, all are full of paradoxes, contradictions, injustice, selfishness, and unreliablity. "To maintain an opinion because it is thine, and not because it is true, is to prefer thyself above the truth." (Venning)
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and love make you vulnerable.
Be honest and love anyway.
People need help but attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.
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