“Human existence basically is──a never to be completed imperfect tense.”
“Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present.”
“One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist.....Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist”
“Love is the grounding of our existence as humans and is the basic emotioning in our systemic identity as human beings.”
“And they're also very foolish, because no human being can ever make another human being completely happy. Human beings are far too imperfect for that.”
“Compassion is, by definition, relational. Compassion literally means 'to suffer with,' which implies a basic mutuality in the experience of suffering. The emotion of compassion springs from the recognition that the human experience is imperfect.”