“When we look deeply into others, we’re looking deeply into ourselves at the same time. If we think the other person is someone other than us, that their success or failure has nothing to do with us, then we have not been successful in our looking deeply. The happiness of that person is linked to our own happiness. If we’re not happy, the other person can’t be happy, and our larger community won’t be happy.”
From Peace Is This Moment by Thich Nhat Hanh
King Edward Street Chapel 