And in that you will find the why. Why did this happen? Because there's someone else in the world who would drown in their own tears for not seeing yours.

And in that you will finally find the why. Why did this happen? Because there's someone else in the world who would drown in their own tears if not for seeing yours. And when you make one other human simply see they aren't alone, you make the world a better place.

This generosity of spirit-this caring about others and about the proposition that we are all created equal-is the single most effective antidote to the self-centered moral numbness that allows Fascism to thrive. It is a capacity that can be found in most people, but it is not always nurtured and is sometimes, for a period, brutally crushed.

Pray for people who are in a better situation than you are, who are more gifted than you are, or who currently have wonderful circumstances coming their way. Rejoice with those who rejoice. Pray for someone else's promotion, someone else's pregnancy, someone else's healing. That crucifies envy.

If one of you is walking through a dark valley personally of course it affects the marriage. But it is not about the marriage.

Sorrow is not a stranger to any of us, though only a few have learned that is is not our enemy either.

Only by trying on other people's clothes do we find what size we are.

We read fine things but never feel them to the full until we have gone the same steps as the author.

Be sensitive to the plight of others. You have to know about the tragedies as well as the triumphs, the failures as well as the success.

The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

Whether you're educated or illiterate, whether you live on the boulevard or in the alley, you're going to catch hell just like I am. We're all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man. He just happens to be a white man.