He who behaves nobly in easy times - a fair-weather friend, so to speak - may not be noble when the chips are down. Stress is the test for goodness.
The truly good are they who in time of stress do not desert their integrity, their maturity, and their sensitivity. Nobility might be defined as the capacity not to regress in response to degradation, not to become blunted in the face of pain, to tolerate the agonizing and remain intact. As I have said elsewhere, 'the measure - and perhaps the best measure - of a person's greatness is the capacity for suffering' (from People of the Lie)
(Thanks to Margie S)
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