Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain.
~ Saadi ~
Saadi was a great Persian poet of medieval period in Persia. The above mentioned aphorism is the one inscribed on the entrance of the Hall of Nations of the United Nations building in New York.
