We all have our weaknesses, dear friends; so we must strive to be considerate of one another.

When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are approaching an inevitable doom: the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. This feeling should make men and women use their best efforts to help their fellow travelers on the road, to make the path brighter and easier as we journey on. It should bring a closer kinship, a better understanding, and a deeper sympathy for the wayfarers who must live a common life and die a common death.

Let us recognize that we are all part of each other. We are all human. We are all one.

It was my first real awareness that not everyone in this world will like us, or accept us, that we’re often cast aside at the very moment we most need to be included.

As we develop our compassionate mind, we should feel an increasing sense of responsibility for the suffering of others and form a resolve to do everything we can to free them from their pain.

Just as we expect others to value our boundaries, it's equally important for us to respect the boundaries of others.

To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.

What would it be like, I wondered, to live with that heightened sensitivity to the lives given for ours? To consider the tree in the Kleenex, the algae in the toothpaste, the oaks in the floor, the grapes in the wine; to follow back the thread of life in everything and pay it respect?

Gaining an awareness of our own limitations opens us to considering choices we would not otherwise have made.

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.

One of the few blessings of living in an age of anxiety is that we are forced to become aware of ourselves.

Only when we see ourselves in our true human context, as members of a race which is intended to be one organism and “one body,” will we begin to understand the positive importance not only of the successes but of the failures and accidents in our lives.

The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become.

we must all care for one another — this is our task in life. But also we must care for ourselves, which means we must be careful in our decisions, careful in our relationships, careful in our statements. We must manage our lives carefully, in order to avoid becoming victims.