There are few great tasks, which can be accomplished by individuals single-handedly. Only the talents of several individuals combined can achieve any substantial work. But people will only be able to work together if they are patient and tender-hearted in their outlook.
It is a fact of psychology that no single person can be an amalgam of all good qualities. It is no simple matter to label a person wholly good or wholly bad. If there is to be harmony within a community, the bad sides of its members must be tolerated, while their good sides are appreciated. If we want to pluck flowers, we have also to bear the thorns that come with them. There is no way that one who cannot put up with thorns will be able to possess the flowers of this life.
The contented man will not care whether his circumstances are good or bad. Affluence and Penury will be as one to him.
It is temperament that plays the most crucial role in the making of a nation. A character that can be depended upon through thick and thin is what in the long run builds a nation.
