Thought for the day, Tuesday 18th April

“Heaven is my father and earth is my mother, and I, a small child, find myself intimately between them. What fills the universe I regard as my body: what directs the universe I regard as my nature. All people are my brothers and sisters: all beings are my companions. Those who are tired, infirm, crippled, or sick: those who have no brothers or children, wives or husbands: all are my sisters and brothers who are in distress and have none to turn to.”

Zhang Zai, Chinese philosopher and politician (1020 – 1077)

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