[T]he family is a school of compassion because it is here that we learn to live with other people. (68)

If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses the world has known.

Surely it's better to love others, however messy and imperfect the involvement, than to allow one's capacity for love to harden.

I used to hate religion, I loathed it in my angry days.

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.

Geniuses are not always pleasant people.

Compassion is not a popular virtue