“For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold p...” — bell hooks Quote

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

Live simply so that others may simply live.

Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to you. It's always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment is really life.

schools for love do not exist. everyone assumes that we will know how to love instinctively.

I have always been a flirt. My mother says whe I was a child, I used to stand outside the house and just smile at everyone who walked by. Like, 'Please take me with you!'

I think forgiveness is probably one of the greatest forms of self-love there is because you don't do forgiveness for anybody else. My captors will never care if I forgive them... It will not make a day of difference to them at all, but it will make a huge difference to me.

The struggle between Israelis and Palestinians is a perfect reflection of the struggle between fear and forgiveness that rages within us all.

To my younger self, I would say unless you're literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission.

It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.