To the Unknown Lady Who Wrote the Letters Found In the Hatbox
Night Light (1967)
“We don't really believe in mowing the lawn; we do it only to avoid unnecessary engagement with the neighbors.”
Source: No One Belongs Here More Than You
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Source: The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide (2004), P. 188.

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Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society
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Source: Crystallizing Public Opinion (1923), p. 212

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The Frank Gaffney Show
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“The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves”
Section 100
The Passionate State Of Mind, and Other Aphorisms (1955)
Context: The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.
It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.