[I have despised my soul seven times.]
[The third time, it came from my student.]
[He asked me: Teacher, how do you distinguish between a Savior and individual heroism?]
[I answered him, if you can stop a war by sacrificing a soul with your sword, that is individual heroism. If you can stop a war without being confined by the sword's soul, that is the Savior.]
[He said, then isn't the latter easier?]
[I said, not so. Individual heroism is like a bird carrying a stone into the sea, drawing a fleeting trajectory in the waves. The value of this trajectory does not lie in changing the depth of the sea, but in the ripples it raises at the moment of falling—the ordinary souls illuminated by the light of heroism begin to awaken, that is the Savior.]
[If no one upholds heroism in this world, then a Savior cannot be born.]
[He thought for a moment and said, Teacher, being a Savior sounds tiring, let's not be Saviors...]
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