The compass of compassion asks not what is good for me? but what is good? Not what is best for me but what is best. Not what is right for me but what is right. Not how much can we take? but How much ought we leave? and how much might we give? Not what is easy but what is worthy. Not what is practical but what is moral.

The View from Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World (ed. Henry Holt and Company, 2011) - ISBN: 9781429950350