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> [Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by "exploiting their good qualities." Asked if he believed all people were kind at their core, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/nelson-mandela-once-remarked-that-he-befriended-his-jailers-those/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

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## More by Marc Ian Barasch

> [We crave a world of either/or, but the Dream says, Both/and. We build a wall between our social persona and our inner selves; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/we-crave-a-world-of-either-or-but-the-dream-says-both-and-we-build-a/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [The world as dreamed and the world as lived cross-pollinate each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/the-world-as-dreamed-and-the-world-as-lived-cross-pollinate-each-other/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [Once, at a seminar, I heard a Westernized lama say that a meditator's state of mind should be like that of a hotel doorman.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/once-at-a-seminar-i-heard-a-westernized-lama-say-that-a-meditator-s/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [Nelson Mandela once remarked that he befriended his jailers, those grim, khaki-clad overseers of his decades of hard labor in a limestone quarry, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/nelson-mandela-once-remarked-that-he-befriended-his-jailers-those/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [A Healing Dream can never be completely "interpreted," or fully understood. Healing Dreams want us to stop making sense; not just to crack the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/a-healing-dream-can-never-be-completely-interpreted-or-fully/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [For at the center of all spiritual traditions is the beacon of a truly radical proposal: Open your heart to everybody. Everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/for-at-the-center-of-all-spiritual-traditions-is-the-beacon-of-a/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [Polls show that most people in the world favor humbler, more compassionate solutions to our common problems. Not only favor them but, resolving to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/polls-show-that-most-people-in-the-world-favor-humbler-more/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [Loosen the bonds of discursive thought. Extend the circle of caring. Cease armoring against suffering. Wish for others the same happiness you wish for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/loosen-the-bonds-of-discursive-thought-extend-the-circle-of-caring/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [A friend told me of visiting the Dalai Lama in India and asking him for a succinct definition of compassion. She prefaced her question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/a-friend-told-me-of-visiting-the-dalai-lama-in-india-and-asking-him/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [I used to think that people who regarded everyone benignly were a mite simple or oblivious or just plain lax-until I tried it myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/i-used-to-think-that-people-who-regarded-everyone-benignly-were-a/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [The dark and the light are braided and bound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/the-dark-and-the-light-are-braided-and-bound/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [Our dreams disturb us because they refuse to pander to our fondest notions of ourselves. The closer one looks, the more they seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/our-dreams-disturb-us-because-they-refuse-to-pander-to-our-fondest/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [“I'll sometimes feel a warmth or ache in my chest and think that it's my heart shaking off it's torpor. I hear it murmuring;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/i-ll-sometimes-feel-a-warmth-or-ache-in-my-chest-and-think-that-it-s/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [Every now and then, I'll meet an escapee, someone who has broken free of self-centeredness and lit out for the territory of compassion. You've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/every-now-and-then-i-ll-meet-an-escapee-someone-who-has-broken-free/)

[Marc Ian Barasch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-ian-barasch/)

> [Unresolved emotional pain is the great contagion of our time — of all time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-ian-barasch/unresolved-emotional-pain-is-the-great-contagion-of-our-time-of-all/)

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