Only One Person (short extract)

"Each of us should realize that we have to be responsible for our actions. Most of us spend our time going around trying to straighten out other people. As a result, we tend to neglect the one area where we really are responsible: what we do, what we say, what we think. The corollary of this is that we should treat every other person as a responsible person, too."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Only One Person"

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