Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues. - Franz Kafka

He was a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone.

The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.