"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."
However, it is one thing to say this, or publish it. It is another thing to live it.
In his essay "What is Greatness" L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Scientology religion, wrote:
"The hardest task one can have is to continue to love his fellows despite all reasons he should not."And the true sign of sanity and greatness is to so continue.
"For the one who can achieve this, there is abundant hope.
"For those who cannot, there is only sorrow, hatred and despair. And these are not the things of which greatness or sanity or happiness are made.
There is no quick, easy fix to achieve the ability to grant such importance and life to others. In fact all of Scientology ultimately puts the being in good enough shape that he/she can accomplish what Mr. Hubbard wrote in these few lines.
But every step you take in Scientology you become more able to live up to these ideals.
And, as the writers of the Universal Declaration so correctly put it, every man is worthy of being considered important, valuable, and precious.
If we all had or strove to have, this view of one another, there would be peace.
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