It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.

Blessed are those with cracks in their broken heart because that is how the light gets in.

No matter what the situation may be, I still take pleasure in witnessing the joy of others.

He'd always known that shit rolled downhill, but he never knew tears did the same thing.

A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see

If you don't love yourself, it makes you incapable of knowing how to love another person.

IT IS NOT ABOUT SYMPATHY OR LIKEABILITY, EITHER. EMPATHY IS ABOUT THE TRANSLATION OF FEELING.

Nothing changes until people decide to do the things they must, in order to bring about peace.

Pain without cause is a pain we can't trust. We assume it's been chosen or fabricated.

No one can hurt you without teaching a life's lesson. So accept it with love and kindness.

If a palmist grasp my palm, and look into it, without seeing a single line, what would he read?

I had a dream that I was in someone else’s shoes for once…they were the wrong size.

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious.

Walk with me for a while, my friend—you in my shoes, I in yours—and then let us talk.

But compassion isn't about solutions. It's about giving all the love that you've got.