a simple person has a self that includes only…
Page 185 a simple person has a self that includes only himself. A more sophisticated person includes his family, perhaps his close friends as well.
— from Family & Parenting (Family/Parenting)
In the book
A slightly larger person includes his family. A larger one still includes his close friends. And the whole task of a life, Rav Shimon taught, is to keep expanding the definition of "I" to include as many other people as you can — first your spouse, then your children, then your community, until at the highest reaches the self includes the whole world. — Family & Parenting (Family/Parenting)