"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
Monday, June 2, 2014
Task Master
"A
human being is part of a whole, called by us the “universe,” a part
limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and
feelings, as something separate
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 people near us.
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