Even a short period spent in the company of spiritually inclined people will produce good results. The increase of all kind of mental ailments and disturbances is the most alarming of all diseases of the modern age. In many cases the criminal element within our society is mentioned in the same breath as mental illness. One positive and far-reaching result stemming directly from the research work of Freud, is the recognition that criminals and delinquents are mentally sick people, who need treatment rather than punishment. When we do not see how other people live, we may not learn the different ways of living.
Travel is the best form of education.
Personal encounters with people different from ourselves make us feel more sympathetic. Intolerance is often born of ignorance of another person's needs and way of thinking. The desire for these things makes things only for themselves, and do not care about what happens to other people. When their wishes are not fulfilled, they become restless and discontented. The only way to avoid this restlessness is to get rid of the desires that cause it.