My neighbor is a being with equal rights as myself, a man, like
me, also made after the image of God, and as he is the same as I am I must love
him as I love myself. Therefore, I must
watch over him as over my own flesh and blood, behave lovingly, gently, and
kindly to him, forgiving his thoughts as I should willingly forgive myself my
own, as I long for forgiveness or indulgence from others toward my own
weaknesses—that is, that other people should not even notice them, as though
they did not exist, or that they should notice them gently, kindly, pleasantly
and benevolently. St. John of Kronstadt
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