Zae Ladd-smith

“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
― Pema Chödrön, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to
succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
― Aesop

“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”
― Leo Tolstoy, A Confession