There is comfort in knowing that one fits in with all the others. There is security in feeling that everyone is family, so to speak. But when considering further, one realizes that the world is not so nice a place. There is greed and hate and fear with every man--is any man free of these?--and the earth is a cesspool of wars, poverty and inhumanity.

One has to live in this world, but the trick is to be an individual. Until one has intelligence and love, he will not be an individual. He will be a pebble on the beach.