Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we're holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when…

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What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer...

What's encouraging about meditation is that even if we shut down, we can no longer...

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the...

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the...

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full...

The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full...

Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.

Compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other...

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other...

Empathy is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable...

Empathy is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable...

Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a...

Love is that enviable state that knows no envy or vanity, only empathy and a...

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him...The land...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us...

We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us...

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens...

When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves,...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and...

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and...

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not and...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

Help someone, you earn a friend. Help someone too much, you make an enemy.

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just...

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just...

None of us can choose where we shall love...

None of us can choose where we shall love...

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he...

My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he...

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core...

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core...

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.