Friendship and love are impossible without a mutual vulnerability.

As long as we continue to live as if we are what we do, what we have, and what other people think about us, we will remain filled with judgments, opinions, evaluations, and condemnations. We will remain addicted to putting people and things in their "right" place.

Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It's a great honor to invite children to read with adults.

What is forgotten cannot be healed, and that which cannot be healed easily becomes the cause of greater evil.

When I could no longer cling to my normal supports I discovered that true support and real safety lie far beyond the structures of our world.

I still believe that the university is a place where people can develop their minds and learn skills, but also they can develop their personalities and their spiritual life.

The beatitudes say, "Blessed are the poor". They don't say, "Blessed are those who care for the poor."