The joy that one gets while promoting another's joy is incomparable.
Only the blind will be indifferent to the dismal condition of others;
only the deaf will be unaffected by the sobs of others. Your
heart must melt in compassion when the eye sees another person
suffering. That is the sign of the pure or noble (Satwik)
individual. The ignorant (Tamasik) individual will
be dull, bovine and indifferent to the hardships of others. The
passionate (Rajasik) man will rush to punsih the person who
caused the suffering and might even forget to relieve the misery of
the person affected. Remember that there are no others.
You are all living cells in the body of God.
-Divine Discourse,
Apr 1, 1975.