So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.

I'm involved in so many different things, and there are so many profound reactions to what I do because I am big counter culture.

The commandment to honor parents was given to ensure that the elderly, although they may not feel wanted by family or society, are still given their appropriate reward.

There is no movement without our own resistance.

The feeling of your baby taking nourishment from your body for the first time is amazing, and it remains the most touching moment of my life.

Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.

It takes courage to have a conscience when you seem to see others getting something tangible out of not bothering to struggle with the morality of a situation. It gets frustrating and demoralizing. This is precisely where character comes in. All throughout history special people have felt compelled to do what they objectively saw as right and good - even in the face of humiliation or rejection or expulsion or torture or death. That is because they believed that certain ideas were more important than individual well-being.