In those who harbor such thoughts hatred will never cease, . . . for hatred ceases not by hatred at any time; hatred ceases by love.” What sayest thou, thy neighbor has spoken thee falsely? Well, what of that? Can a falsity hurt thee? What is false is false, and there is an end of it. It is without life, and without power to hurt any but him who seeks to hurt by it. It is nothing to thee that thy neighbor should speak falsely of thee, but it is much to thee that thou shouldst resist him, and seek to justify thyself, for, by so doing, thou givest life and vitality to thy neighbor’s falseness, so that thou art injured and distressed. Take all evil out of thine own heart, then shalt thou see the folly of resisting it in another. Thou wilt be trodden on? Thou art trodden on already if thou thinkest thus. The injury that thou seest as coming from another comes only from thyself. The wrong thought, or word, or act of another has no power to hurt thee unless thou vivify it by thy passionate resistance, and so receivest it into thy-
