One day a merchant asked a fakir:
- Why aren’t you afraid to keep a snake in your bosom? You must be a very brave person?
“You see,” answered the fakir, “there are three types of courage: the first is when the brave man does not imagine the size of the danger and therefore does not feel fear; the second is when a brave man imagines the size of the danger, but overcomes his fear. And the third type of courage is the courage of knowledge, when thanks to knowledge you are not afraid. And a person who is not privy to the subtleties of the matter considers you brave. That's why I'm not afraid.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru