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Whoever gets caught in the misery and unhappiness and self-pity of a person in distress and lets himself remain in that depressed condition, cannot render as much help--if any at all--as the one who is detached, imperturbable, but compassionate.
-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 2 : Living in The World > # 440