I absolutely do believe that we need to not be so myopic. We ought to throw open widely the windows on the world in order to learn more about it.
Maya Soetoro-NgThat's a powerful way to love, when you accept your children, however they emerge, with all their peculiarities.
Maya Soetoro-NgBeing a parent has become incredibly important to me. I never knew how much I would be altered by my children. I would like to be remembered by them in much the way I remember my mom: as loving and kind.
Maya Soetoro-NgThe world is intertwined and we therefore have to be gentle in the way that we treat one another and the Earth, so that our impact on others is benevolent and good.
Maya Soetoro-NgI think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that perspectives on truth can be very different. I'm an advocate of an approach that endeavors to foster empathy and which tries to find a common humanity across the divide.
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