William Somerset Maugham. Of human bondage (№ 254973)

The baby does not realize that his body belongs to him more than the surrounding objects; he plays with toes, without feeling that they are part of him and something different from hanging rattles; only gradually, experiencing the pain, the child begins to feel independent existence of his body. Individual to realize his "I", need the same experience; however, the difference lies in the fact that every person feels their body as a special and independent body, but not everyone is aware of his "I" as a separate and independent identity. The sense of alienation from others usually comes with puberty, but not always developed to such an extent that the difference of the individual from others became evident to him. And here people, as little conscious of their "I's" as bees in a hive, destined in life luck: they are much more fortunate, as their being shared with them all of society, their joy just because and be the joys that they play together...