(from Golestan, Chapter 1, Story 10) all people are interconnected. بنی‌آدم اعضای یک دیگر اند که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند چو عضوی به‌درد آورَد روزگار دگر عضوها را نمانَد قرار تو کز محنت دیگران بی‌غمی نشاید که نامت نهند آدمی Close English translation: Human Beings are members of a whole, in creation of one essence and soul. If one member is inflicted with pain, other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, the name of human you cannot pertain. (Saadi Shirazi)