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# The most hopeful instinct is not the absence of...
> The most hopeful instinct is not the absence of self-preservation. It is the ability to experience another person's life as important enough to reorganize our own behavior.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Reverence for Life, Human Unity, and the Questions of the Soul — Neale Donald Walsch - Workbook|Reverence for Life, Human Unity, and the Questions of the Soul — Neale Donald Walsch]]
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“The most hopeful instinct is not the absence of self-preservation. It is the ability to experience another person's life as important enough to reorganize our own behavior.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-most-hopeful-instinct-reorganize-own-behavior
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