“We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.”
Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
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“Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them. (Long translation)”
All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or bear with them. (trans. Meric Casaubon).
Οἱ ἄνθρωποι γεγόνασιν ἀλλήλων ἕνεκεν· ἢ δίδασκε οὖν ἢ φέρε.
VIII, 59
Variant: Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII