Peace of Mind by Joshua Loth Liebman (1948)

Our interdependence with others is the most encompassing fact of human reality--our personalities are made by our contacts with others. There is, therefore, a duty which falls upon all of us--to become free, loving, warm, cooperative, affirmative personalities.

To love one's neighbors is to achieve an inner tolerance for the uniqueness of others, to resist the temptation to private imperialism. We must renounce undue possessiveness in relation to friends, children--yes, even our loves. The world is full of private imperialists--the father who forces his artistic son into business, or the mother who rivets her daughter to her service by chains of pity, subtly refusing the daughter a life of her own.
from Shels Blog