"People who go
about seeking to change the world, to diminish suffering, to demonstrate
any kind of enlightenment, are often as flawed as anybody else.
Sometimes more so. But it is the awareness of having faults, I think,
and the knowledge that this links us to everyone on Earth, that opens us
to courage and compassion. It occurs to me often that many of those I
deeply love are flawed. They might actually have said or done some of
the mean things I’ve felt, heard, read about, or feared. But it is their
struggle with the flaw, surprisingly endearing, and the going on
anyhow, that is part of what I cherish in them."
Alice Walker
Alice Walker
