" As Śāntideva puts it in the Bodhicaryāvatāra: When both myself and others Are similar in that we wish to be happy, What is so special about me? Why do I strive for my happiness alone? And when both myself and others Are similar in that we do not wish to suffer, What is so special about me? Why do I protect myself and not others? "

― Stephen Batchelor , After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age