“We... heal ourselves by giving others what we most need.”

“When we give in the world what we want the most, we heal the broken part inside each of us.”

“Compassion- which means, literally, "to suffer with"- is the way to the truth that we are most ourselves, not when we differ from others, but when we are the same. Indeed the main spiritual question is not, "What difference do you make?" but "What do you have in common?" It is not "excelling" but "serving" that makes us most human. It is not proving ourselves to be better than others but confessing to be just like others that is the way to healing and reconciliation.”

“Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79)”

“Life gives us what we need when we need it; receiving what it gives us is a whole other thing.”

“It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay. ”