“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe,
a part limited in time and space.
He experiences himself, his thoughts and
feeling as something separated from the rest,
a kind of optical delusion of his
consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us,
restricting us to our
personal desires and to affection
for a few persons nearest to us.
Our task
must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion
to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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