Wise words
This we know. All things are connected like blood which unites one family. Man did not weave the web of life - he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
Chief Seattle
A human being is a part of this whole, called by us 'Universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to apportion 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.
Albert Einstein
I would add that the word 'he' should also be widened to include 'she', or whatever term the reader feels most comfortable with.
More wise words from Noam Chomsky, click on the link below to read this prescient piece
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/9963-focus-hegemony-and-its-dilemmas-part-1
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