Yajnavalkya to his wife Maitreyi, described in the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad (4.5.6)
"It is not for the love of a husband that a husband is dear: it is for the love of the self that a husband is dear. It is not for the love of a wife that a wife is dear: it is for the love of the self that a wife is dear. It is not for the love of children that children are dear: it is for the love of the self that children are dear…It is not for the love of the Vedas that the Vedas are dear: it is for the love of the self that the Vedas are dear…It is the self that must be seen, heard, thought of and meditated upon, Maitreyi; when the self has been seen, heard, thought of and meditated upon, all this is known."
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