He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
One who has no love in his heart will try to possess everything for himself. One who has love in his heart is ready to sacrifice everything, including his own body, for the benefit of others.
If we do not want to be pained by anybody we must not pain anybody; and how can man consider himself humane if he wants to live at the cost of others.
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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