Human kind follows conviction of reason (atheists), of faith (fanatics), of convenience.
You wouldn’t employ an illiterate as a peon but with the support of many other illiterates he can be your minister.
Bribe – in one form or another – is a social necessity. The truly incorruptible and the non-corrupting shall live on the Himalayas.?
Standing upright in all adversities? Wouldn’t one drown in the river, for instance?
A society where successes – in politics, business, religion – come with fundamental compromises is a decayed society. Its “successfuls” are the scum of the earth.
Wise people don’t spread unhappiness. Wiser still proactively work to spread happiness in this world.
Prohibition is good. For others.
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.
Some men love so as to seek approval of their goodness.
Wondered how many of us care for the child of our own Specie, next door? Everytime we buy a toy for our child, we will buy another, half as costly, for a poor child nearby?