People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time.

Norman Cousins
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Thomas Mann, a German novelist and playwright, said, "People who develop the habit of thinking of themselves as world citizens are fulfilling the first requirement of sanity in our time." In his view, people who think of themselves as world citizens will bring an absolutely new approach to life. This is because they have been able to go beyond self-interest and have been able to see themselves as part of a larger whole.

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