The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another.

The act of loving is an act of self-evolution even when the purpose of the act is someone else's growth.

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.

It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings

Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.

The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.

Examination of the world without is never as personally painful as examination of the world within.