About this quote

The deepest kind of understanding turns out to have a prerequisite that isn't intellectual at all. You reach it by extending care to the lowest, least impressive, easiest-to-ignore forms of life, loving what most people overlook and carving out no exceptions.

When to use it

• Volunteering with people most of the city walks past without a glance.
• Greeting the office cleaner by name and with the same warmth you'd give the CEO.
• Keeping your patience with a rude stranger instead of writing them off as beneath it.