The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease.

生命中最要紧的事即是彼此。

出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·疾贪》。欲，想。表，仪表，这句话指身体。下，指下属。先之身，先要求自己。要想影子正，就要先把自己的身子站直；要想下属清廉，自己要先做出表率。这句话以正影先正身为喻，说明正人先正己的道理。