We learn from conflicts only when we are willing to do so.

Forgiveness is a personal process that doesn’t depend on us having direct contact with the people who have hurt us.

How we traverse the space between us when conflict arises has a profound effect on the health and longevity of our relationships.

The more we identify and acknowledge moments when we’re unable to share in someone else’s pleasure and ask ourselves whether another person’s happiness truly jeopardizes our own, the more we pave the way for experiencing sympathetic joy

We nurture our sense of connection with the larger whole, noticing that the whole is only as healthy as its smallest part.

Sanskrit has different words to describe love for a brother or sister, love for a teacher, love for a partner, love for one’s friends, love of nature, and so on. English has only one word, which leads to never-ending confusion.