It's possible to have too much in life. Too many clothes jade our appreciation of new ones; too much money can out us out of touch with life; too much free time and dull the edge of the soul. We need sometimes to come very near the bone so tha we can taste the marrow of life, rather than its superfluities.

Compassion is not sympathy. Compassion is mercy. It is a commitment to take responsibility for the suffering of others.

My limitations make space for the gifts of other people. Without the grace of our limitations we would be isolated, dry, and insufferable creatures indeed.

The purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible.

When I know and accept myself-all my strengths and all my limitations- I am immediately respectful of everyone else because I know they have something beautiful within them that I do not have.

Precisely because of the greatness of God, we don't have to be great at all. Just in awe.

When souls really touch, it is forever. Then space and time disappear, and all that remains is the consciousness that we are not alone in life.