Better Cities:Who Lives in the City

Book Information Who Lives in the City
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Who Lives in the City

A lesson on perception.

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The sage and the disciple were once sitting at the gate of their city.

A traveler approaches and asks:

"What kind of people live in this city?"

"What kind live where you came from?" asks the sage.

"Oh, scoundrels and thieves, vicious and depraved."

"It's the same here," replied the sage.

After a while, another traveler approached and also asked what kind of people were in this city.

"What kind live where you came from?" The sage asked again.

"Fine people, kind and sympathetic," answered the traveler.

"You will find the same here," said the sage.

"Why did you say to one that villains live here, and to another - that good people live here?" the disciple asked the sage.

"There are good people and bad people everywhere," the sage answered him. "It's just that everyone finds only what he knows how to look for."