“ I think compassion and imagination go together. If you give up trying to use your imagination for new things and for expanding yourself, you begin to wither away. And if you begin to draw back from your compassion, you will begin to wither away, too. Compassion and imagination—not intelligence—are what makes the human species valuable. And that’s our gift; that’s our great talent, and if we don’t live up to it, it will kill us. If you don’t live up to your talent, it kills you.”
W.S. Merwin
