“When we really see the others, not only ourselves, we start to see ourselves in others”
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Emil M. Cioran
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“If, instead of seeing faults in others we look within ourselves we are loving God.”
Meher Baba
(1894–1969) Indian mystic
"How to Love God" (12 September 1954) http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/lovegod.html <!-- Also in The Path of Love (1986) -->
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Context: When a person tells others “Be good”, he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not. When he says “Be brave, honest and pure”, he conveys to his hearers the feeling that the speaker himself is all that, while they are cowards, dishonest and unclean.
To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God.
If, instead of seeing faults in others we look within ourselves we are loving God.
C. Rajagopalachari
(1878–1972) Political leader
Rajagopalachari, quoted in: R. K. Murthi (1979) Rajaji, life and work, p. 155
Derren Brown
(1971) British illusionist
TV Series and Specials (Includes DVDs), Derren Brown Plays Russian Roulette Live (2003)
“The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.”
Elizabeth Bibesco
(1897–1945) writer, actress; Romanian princess
Haven (1951)
“I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
(1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
F 54
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook F (1776-1779)