i resonate with the idea that all grasping leads to suffering, and to hold an idea as a guide to living is certain disappointment. i agree, life is to be lived ethically, or virtuously, despite any actions or words by another. it is not difficult to know what is ethical, or virtuous: harm none. if we only spent our time not harming ourselves and others, there would be no need for treatises on Cynicism. and all that energy could then go to helping make this a better world. best wishes, ,Gus