The word humility (also human) is derived from the Latin humus, meaning the soil. Perhaps this is not simply because it entails stooping and returning to earthly origins, but also because, as we are rooted in this earth of everyday life, we find in it all the vitality and fertility unnoticed by people who merely tramp on across the surface, drawn by distant landscapes.
Piero FerrucciIf kindness has falseness at its base, it is no longer kindness. It is labored courtesy.
Piero FerrucciThere is no choice between being kind to others, and being kind to ourselves. It is the same thing.
Piero FerrucciThe factors that contributed to my growth were many - finding someone who understood me, exploring the unconscious, awakening my latent love . . . but one star is brightest among all: the self. I found the source of livingness inside me, something I didn't even know existed.
Piero FerrucciGiving kindness does as much good as receiving it...Kind people are healthier and live longer.
Piero FerrucciIn trusting, we let ourselves go. We know that all kinds of unexpected events may come our way. Our tension eases, our mind and our hearts open spontaneously to be possibilities. It is an ever new state of mind, in the present moment, because we have detached from all we know. But it is also a feeling as old as can be, because, before all betrayals and all disappointments, there was a time in which trusting another was the very substance of our life.
Piero Ferrucci