"In my dream I came to a room where men sat in a large circle around a pot of soup. Each man held a long spoon, which he could drip into the pot. But the spoons were longer than the man's arms, and so they could not bring the soup to their mouths. The men were hungry and cried out in their misery. "This is hell", said my guide. Then he took me to another room, similar to the first. Once again men sat in a large circle around a pot of soup, and once again each man's spoon was so long that he could not bring it to his month. But in this room the men were not hungry, because they were feeding each other. "This", said my guide, "is heaven".
- Variuosly attributed
