“Whate'er of us lives in the hearts of others
Is our truest and profoundest self.”

Was in dem Herzen andrer von Uns lebt,
Ist unser wahrestes und tiefstes Selbst.
"Das Selbst, ein Fragment", cited from Bernhard Suphan (ed.) Herders sämmtliche Werke (Berlin: Weidmann, 1877-1913) vol. 29, p. 142; Translation from Hans Urs von Balthasar (trans. Graham Harrison) Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1988) vol. 1, p. 504.

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Was in dem Herzen andrer von Uns lebt, Ist unser wahrestes und tiefstes Selbst.

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