The Book of Life

pages of wisdom situations, the only way to live safely and successfully in society is to avoid provoking others to anger. With tact and good sense, one should try not to push others into that emotional state where they become tools of the devil and resort to mad acts like the one in this story. The evils of anger and revenge are not limited to any one community. They are found in human nature everywhere, regardless of the nation or country to which a person belongs. Anger and revenge should be treated as human problems, not as issues of race or religion. BETWEEN CHOICE AND CONSTRAINT T he famous scientist Albert Einstein explained a principle of the physical world in these words: “Energy can neither be created nor destroyed.” This fact is evidence of the Creator’s absolute power. Human beings can only use the world as it exists. They cannot change it or wipe it out. From this we learn what a person’s true position in this world is. A human being is not the owner here—only a subject. In religious terms, this situation is called a test. A person comes into this world for a limited time to complete the paper of his test. After that, he must leave. Beyond this, he has no control at all.