“Protecting people from the truth is another way of shutting them out.”
“There are people who hate the truth. It is a poison to them. The only way to protect themselves from the poison is to eliminate those who bring it.”
“Pride is often used as a way to protect our hearts and to hide the truth. Pride causes us to shut down and build walls.”
“I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.”
“When people looked at him they had the feeling of being shut out. He did not shut them out. He shut himself in.”
“When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them.”