"I once visited Yup Py in his home, Master, and this afternoon after meeting him again he asked me to come and have tea at his house. I excused myself, saying that I loved animals too much to enter his house ever again. He keeps birds in cages Master. He could not understand the pain it causes me to see, nor could he grasp my definite statement that he who keeps captive animals without need, is not himself entitled to a SHRED of freedom."
"Indeed, he should not be free to leave his house. He could have all possible comforts, yet, no freedom."
"What can one do to convince such a man Master?"
"Not much I should think. He may barely be able to understand
the logic of multiplication, certainly not the logic of ethics,
or again, of Human Dignity. But hatred, of course should be far
from you. It is, as Grasshopper once said: 'Like drinking salt
water that increases your thirst' (Kung Fu 4)."