“we all make excuses for ourselves. And we should be good enough to make them for others”
“To arm ourselves is the most extreme form of separation I can imagine. To move through life without weapons is another way to remain open to the world, and at its mercy.”
Source: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
“Yes," I said softly to him, 'that is the crowning evil, that we can even go so far as to love each other, you and I. And who else would show us a particle of love, a particle of compassion or mercy? Who else, knowing us as we knows each other, could do anything but destroy us? Yet we can love each other.”
Source: Interview with the Vampire
“You know why we have two hands 'n one mouth, so that we may stop arguing ‘n help each other out.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“All are so obsessed with comfort and luxury, that they rebel most vehemently when their wi-fi is down, but do nothing when their neighbor is down.”
Source: The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work
“In oppressing, one becomes oppressed. Men are enchained by reason of their very sovereignty; it is because they alone earn money that their wives demand checks, it is because they alone engage in a business or profession that their wives require them to be successful, it is because they alone embody transcendence that their wives wish to rob them of it by taking charge...”
Source: The Second Sex
“What really matters are your beautiful footprints on the sands of time and your efforts to uplift the conditions of humanity.”
Source: Walking the Path of Compassion
“Sometimes allowing another to enter your soul and feel your feeling is the beginning of a relatedness. Sometimes opening the door and quivering in another's ache is the beginning of a companionship.....”
“Empathy, care, and compassion for neighbors are the most visible indicators that we believe in a caring God.”
Source: Collateral Damage: Changing the Conversation about Firearms and Faith
“You artists have a shocking degree of compassion, even toward those who don’t deserve it.”
Source: The Heir and the Spare