“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.”
— Saadi Shirazi
Gulistan (The Rose Garden)
From Saadi's 13th-century masterpiece Gulistan, this poem is inscribed at the United Nations entrance.
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