"While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation."
"When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realization turns into self-absorption, other people can lose their intrinsic value in our eyes and become mere means to the fulfillment of our needs and desires."
P. M. Forni, The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude [via whydoihaveablog] (via 6od)