It is obvious that it is not enough to say: Love one another. That has been said for centuries, and has been repeated ad nauseam, in all tones, from all platforms, religious and secular. And yet we continue to war instead of love one another.

Why is this? No one can doubt that if we—instead of tearing one another to pieces each seeking our own happiness, that of our family, or that of our country—would but help one another, if we would replace selfishness by love to build up community instead of self-interest, if we loved one another as each of us loves ourselves, if, at least, we did not do to others what we would not like done to us, as was said two thousand years ago, our happiness would be far greater, and human life in general would be reasonable, instead of being what it is now, a succession of contradictions and sufferings.