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"As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
“All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: but how much more me, who am brought so near the door by this sickness....No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
“Many patients say that out of their despair they were able to realize an entirely new and more fulfilling meaning in their lives.”
“Compassion is not religious business, it is human business; it is not luxury, it is essential for human survival.”
“Through our willingness to be the one we are, we become one with everything.”
The experience of separateness arouses anxiety; it is, indeed, the source of all anxiety.