When someone hurts your body or steals your stuff, you call that real harm. But when someone corrupts their own character — when they become dishonest or shameless — you think that's no big deal. The person who lies or cheats doesn't get a headache. They don't lose an eye or break a hip. They don't lose their house. And we only care about protecting those physical things. We don't care whether our character becomes decent and trustworthy, or rotten and unreliable. We only talk about character in school, just empty words. That's why our real progress stops at those few words. Beyond that, we don't improve at all.