"But the "wise" person understands something else— that we are all connected and, therefore, his or her own happiness must include the happiness of others."

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Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you think me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the children of my fellow beings starving to death?

— Eugene V. Debs