Q. How can one manage with a person who is really bad?
A. Yes, it is this, that if a person is really bad, that means that the whole surface has become bad. But still the depth cannot be bad. However bad a person, the depth cannot be bad. For goodness is life itself, and a person who is all bad cannot live. The very fact that he is living shows that there is a spark of goodness there. Besides, as there are various objects, there are various persons. Some show softness outside, hardness inside; some show hardness outside and softness inside; some good in the depth and evil on the surface, and some evil in the depth and good on the surface. Because as many souls, so many different varieties there are.