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I got this book as a mystery gift for spending $25+ at a local bookstore. Amazingly relevant even so early into its content.

...Now we must build a culture of peace... to liberate the oppressor as well as the oppressed. p277

...we need a counterweight against punch- card citizenship in a corporate McWorld. But without the translucent overlay of a common human identity, real peace is a mirage on the horizon.
p257

It takes a discerning eye to see vulnerability behind the fright mask of those who oppress us. p231

We all have some tendency to archive slights....Is there some evolutionary circuit that craves a settling of scores?
pp205

...a helping hand requires a certain strength of grip, one that can't be exercised wearing bunny-shaped mittens. p166

There is something both wondrous and absurd about exalted religious edifices that commemorate humble, profound insights: vast cathedrals to remind us the kingdom of heaven is within us; soaring monuments to the truth that that's right under our noses....
p114

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. Philo of Alexandria. p59

...life's greatest joy was to ' pull the beauty out of people' because that makes your life beautiful, too.
p21