When you look at it that way, you can see how absurd it is that we individualize ourselves with our fences and hoarded possessions.

Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much a better place.

Acceptance is not a talent you either have or don't have. It's a learned response. My meditation teacher made a great point about the difference between a reaction and a response: You may not have control over your initial reaction to something, but you can decide what your response will be. You don't have to be at the mercy of your emotions, and acceptance can be your first step toward empowerment . . . For me, acceptance has been the cornerstone to my having an emotionally healthy response to my illness.

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.

The fact is, there is no foundation, no secure ground, upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family.

Once you learn how to die you learn how to live.

Now that I'm suffering, I feel closer to people who suffer more than I ever did before. The other night, on TV, I saw people in Bosnia running across the street, getting fired upon, killed, innocent victims....and I just started to cry. I feel their anguish as if it were my own. I don't know any of these people. But - how can I put this? I'm almost......drawn to them.