“Fear not your enemies, for they can only kill you. Fear not your friends, for they can only betray you. Fear only the indifferent, who permit the killers and betrayers to walk safely on the earth.”

Lookstein, Haskel: "Were We Our Brother's Keepers?" New York: 1985.

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