So Tell Me Who are You?

It is not right for you to forsake your brother because of one or two faults that you find in him, especially if the rest of his character is honourable  As we know, perfection for any one of us is unattainable. How is it that you want someone to possess a specific pattern of characteristics when your soul- which is the closest of souls to you-does not always obey your commands? What right do you then have to expect another person’s soul to follow your orders? A poet said: “You seek a cultivated person who is free from defects, but does the aloe exude a pleasant odour without smoke.”