Robert M. PirsigWhen one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.
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The most dangerous of all delusions is the delusion that we can control others. Once we believe this, we are lost. We send our children off to war. We punish other nations for mistakes their leaders have made.
We punish our friends and neighbors because they haven’t behaved as we expect, or because they haven’t behaved as we want them to behave. To punish others is to punish ourselves, for if others suffer, then so do we, for it is through others that we share the world.
Source: Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
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