“It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.”

As quoted in Living in Grace : The Shift to Spiritual Perception (2002) by Beca Lewis, p. 158

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Swedish diplomat, economist, and author 1905–1961

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