The Book of Life

pages of wisdom individuals, all energy must be directed to education and preparation. The real task is to revive the spirit of life in people. In a period of rise, a nation’s course is one of advance, where action means moving forward; in a period of decline, action means stepping back to prepare. In its period of rise, a nation moves toward its peak, while in its period of decline, it returns to its starting point. TOWARDS NATURE A psychologist once said: You can meet friends everywhere, but you cannot meet enemies everywhere—you have to make them. This is completely true. The reality is that friendship is the normal state, while enmity is abnormal. If two people simply live together, their nature leads them toward friendship. Enmity only begins when one of them provokes the other with unpleasant words or actions. Whenever you fall into enmity with someone, do not think of it as permanent. According to the law of nature, friendship is the lasting condition, not enmity. Try to bring the temporary state back to the permanent one. You will certainly succeed, provided you use a wise approach. Since friendship is the natural state, when a person moves from enmity back to friendship, the whole system of nature supports him. In such an effort, he is not alone—the entire