Thought of the week
The other is impartiality, or equanimity, in the sense of feeling love, compassion and sympathetic joy not only towards those who are dear to us, but also to strangers and our enemies. If we weigh up our own well-being against that of the infinity of beings, it’s clear that the importance of the former is negligible compared to the latter.
Matthieu RicardThe Monk and the Philosopher p. 163
