Vice and virtue

No effort is required for a person to get a vice. One merely has to be in the company of someone who has vices.

Similarly, a more effective way of instilling virtue is merely by being in the company of those who possess it. This does not require extra effort. It suffices to be in the company of good people. But unfortunately, this is what we do not want to do! That is why humanity is suffering.

 [English version of "Vice et vertu" – Al Jamiat – Vol.7 No.6]