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

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.

Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It dethrones the ego from the center of our lives and puts others there, breaking down the carapace of the selfishness that holds us back from an experience of the sacred. And it gives us ecstasy, broadening our perspectives and giving us a larger, enhanced vision.

If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void.

If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.

Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.

You are your best self when you give yourself away.