Only those who live in solidarity with the poor can experience the profound state of love Jesus called “heaven.”
Only those who can feel grief for the affliction of others will ever experience true healing themselves.
Only the humble can truly experience nature. The arrogant are imprisoned in their utility.
Only those who hunger and thirst for justice in our world will feel the satisfaction of life lived for one’s highest value.
Only those who show mercy to others are capable of fully receiving it themselves.
Only those who do not pretend to be more than human can experience the sacred in the ordinary.
Only those who renounce systems of domination can become expressions of life itself.
Only those willing to be persecuted for justice will enjoy a nobleness of heart oppressors will never know.