Svakodnevno vas neko uvrijedi. Svakodnevno neko opanjkava. Kako sačuvati mir u duši?
Stephen Crane, na tu temu, ima ovaj opis duševnog stanja svog literarnog junaka u noveli The Red Badge of Courage:
„He showed a quiet belief in his purposes and his abilities. And this inward confidence evidently enabled him to be indifferent to little words of other men aimed at him.”
Lijepo zvuči, pa ipak… uvijek iznova…
