ما دام الناس تتحكّم فيهم الحسد أو ضروبٌ من الكراهية بعضهم لبعض، فهم في خصومة، وهم بقدر ما يكونون أقوى من أقرانهم يُخشَون. ومع ذلك، فالعقول لا تُقهَر بالقوة، بل بالحب وسموّ النفس.

“In so far as men are influenced by envy or any kind of hatred, one towards another, they are at variance, and are therefore to be feared in proportion, as they are more powerful than their fellows. Yet minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness.”Baruch Spinoza — Ethics (1981)