All the world's spiritual traditions share a belief in the importance of non-harming. Yet we often forget that non-harming doesn't just apply to others, but to ourselves as well. You harm yourself when you neglect your own needs, and you create harm for yourself in hurting others through your self-neglect. If we really value this precious human life each of us has been given, then we will take care of it, helping others indirectly just as much as through direct service.
— Joan Halifax, Being with Dying