“Here is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it.”
― Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
― Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
“Don’t try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. When you’re good, bad things can still happen. And if you’re bad, you can still be lucky.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“I’ve seen how you can’t learn anything when you’re trying to look like the smartest person in the room.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“If there is a fundamental challenge within these stories, it is simply to change our lurking suspicion that some lives matter less than other lives.”
― Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
― Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
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