Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.


On Being Human: Reflections on Life and Living (ed. Doubleday Books, 1982)


Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.

Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.

Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.

Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own.