“The Ghosting Phenomenon: Disappearing without explanation has become a disturbingly common occurrence in online dating.”
Source: The Therapist's Handbook for Modern Dating: From First Move to First Date
“Anything that's human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.”
Source: Mister Rogers Knows That You Are Special
“When the fish had been hit it was as though he himself were hit.”
Source: The Old Man and the Sea
“Love is a wild fire that cannot be contained by any mere element known to man.”
Source: The Unsung Love Story
“As businesses race toward AI, let us not forget to anchor service in empathy and humanity. Race towards the hearts of our teams and customers.”
“When the only people in your life who care about your feelings, remember special dates, and stand by you through your failures, are not people, but algorithms, that too not by affection, but by automation, that's not advancement, it's the beginning of the end.”
Source: The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology
“Conversation accelerates change when the people who are talking to each other are getting better—and I don’t mean human beings getting better at science and technology; I mean human beings getting better at being human. The gains in rights for women, for people of color, for the LGBTQ community, and for other groups that have historically faced discrimination are signs of human progress. And the starting point for that human improvement is empathy. Everything flows from that. Empathy allows for listening and listening leads to understanding. That’s how we gain a common base of knowledge. When people can’t agree, it’s often because there is no empathy, no sense of shared experience. If you feel what others feel, you’re more likely to see what they see. Then you can understand one another. Then you can move to the honest and respectful exchange of ideas that is the mark of a successful partnership. That’s the source of partnership.”
Source: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
“Empathy existed in our home long before we had a gas stove, a TV, a refrigerator, or other modern amenities.”
Source: Do More Good: Inspiring Lessons from Extraordinary People
“Empathy is not a blue state value or a red state value—it’s an American value.”
Source: Do More Good: Inspiring Lessons from Extraordinary People
“Allergic to Opulence (Sonnet 2230)
Do I have any right to happiness,
when millions go without food and shelter!
That's why, there's not a trace of luxury in my life,
I churn out humanitarian electricity all waking hours.
Most expensive clothes I own cost 20 dollars,
most expensive devices I own cost 200 dollars.
Born to a factory worker, I never knew luxury,
then I made me a name, but saw the world's condition,
I grew an absolute repulsion to lifestyle luxurious.
The question is not, how much can I enjoy,
but how much can I endure to lift up the world!
Life's meaning comes not from what we gain for
ourselves, but from what we give up for others.
I'm existentially allergic to opulence,
every soft bed feels like a betrayal -
expensive meals scream of starving children,
dollar spent on luxury is a dollar animal.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper