Many people risk being in harm's way; some are stupid about it and die immediately. Some survive horrendous odds. Most are in between (?) Is 'safe' and comfortable - the only way worth living?
Know nothing about personality, but safety and insanity
I don't know what his personality is (though he was described as blah blah gentle blah blah ad nauseum), but there is "safe", "dangerous", and "stupid".
Pearl appears to have been flat-out stupid.
Where each demon is slain, more hate is raised, yet hate unchecked also multiplies. - L. E. Modesitt, from his Recluse series
blah blah gentle blah blah ad nauseum. Personally I find the reverse of That: to be among the causes of the daily events picked-over in forums - and that mindset appears to be the cause/effect of the tawdry consumptive culture we've manufactured out of a once semi-viable 'society'.
What's the opposite of gentle BTW: Rambo, Ashcroft, Dr. Strangelove/Kissinger?