We shall not call you human

Human beings come
from the same source.
We are one family.

If a part of the body hurts,
all parts contract with pain.

If you are not concerned
with another’s suffering,
we shall not call you human.

Saadi, as quoted by Coleman Barks in Rumi, Bridge to the Soul: Journeys Into the Music and Silence of the Heart

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