Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you.

When we see that some suffering or some pain is coming up, we don't try to run away from it. In fact, we have to go back and take care of it.

I want it to be there for the people who need it. I don’t want anyone to walk through the world feeling invisible ever again.

...I believe that when all si said and done, all you can do is to show up for someone in crisis, which seems so inadequate. But then when you do, it can radically change everything. Your there-ness, your stepping into a scared [person's] line of vision, can be life giving, because often everyone else is in hiding...

We want the disaster victims to know we have not forgotten them. I'm here with help.

Open your arms to those who are suffering and searching for better lives.

Whenever the people suffered, he was present to help reduce the pain.

Sometimes the bravest and most important thing you can do is just show up.

One of the hardest things we must sometimes do is to be present to another person's pain without trying to fix it, to simply stand respectfully at the edge of that person’s mystery and misery.

"No "we" should be taken for granted when the subject is looking at other people's pain."

No “we” should be taken for granted when the subject is looking at other people’s pain.

O you who know what we suffer here, do not forget us in your prayers.

Never be ashamed of your tears. Cry and everyone knows you’re alive.

Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.