To Thine Own Self Be True

Kundera's thoughts on betrayal, an act that could be committed to a person, an idea, a commitment or a resolution, but all resulting in the gradual loss of self and all that is true ("haq" in Urdu sounds better):

"But if we betray B., for whom we betrayed A., it does not necessarily follow that we have placated A. ... The first betrayal is irreparable. It calls forth a chain reaction of further betrayals, each of which takes us farther and farther away from the point of our original betrayal."