No Man is an Island by John DonneNo man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of they friends’s or of thine own were.
Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
Credit: John Donne
Comment: Donne reminds us that our lives are bound together, so the loss of one diminishes all. Conversational Leadership thrives on this awareness of shared humanity.
Source: Meditation XVII
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