The youth of today have many doubts. They see animals and birds relating to each other in all kind of ways, enjoying a great deal of freedom, and the youth wonder why they should not have the same freedom and independence that the animals enjoy. The proper answer to this question is, yes, you are also entitled to freedom, but it is the freedom appropriate to a human being not that of an animal’. Animals enjoy the freedom which is natural to animals. You should enjoy human freedom, the freedom that is natural to human beings. Live as a true human being; develop the qualities appropriate to a human being. Calling yourself human but trying to enjoy the freedom of an animal cannot be proper. The human characteristics are sacrifice, love, compassion, generosity, sympathy, non-violence, and such other noble qualities. Do not develop the qualities associated with an animal such as selfishness, anger, greed, hatred, jealousy, and the like. These animal qualities have no place in a human being. In particular, you should never allow selfishness, pride and jealousy to take up residence within you. These three are the worst of the bad traits that infest man. If you wish to acquire only good qualities, the human qualities instead of the animal qualities, then you will have to acquire control of the tongue, in both the area of speech and food. This is the royal road for human beings. (DBG, pp. 45-46)