“I’ve learned to fall like the BJJ player, to protect the body through controlling the distribution of force by slapping the mat with hands open. With hands open. Hands open. Open. O Pen.”
“The hand opens to the word, opens to distance.”
“Give me open hands and open doors.”
“It is a strange thing ,that every child is born with a closed hand , and every body dies with an open hand !”
“The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of opening up, tearing the world open so that heaven my enter in, may become "present" within it.”
“The most powerful demonstration of leadership is not a clenched fist of brute force but an open hand of humble assistance.”