“We have to be educated by the other. My heart cannot be educated by myself. It can only come out of a relationship with others. And if we accept being educated by others, to let them explain to us what happens to them, and to let yourself be immersed in their world so that they can get into our world, then you begin to share something very deep. You will never be the person in front of you, but you will have created what we call communion. I feel that that is the essence of life and that’s what Jesus came to teach us. Learn how to enter into communion with your neighbors—that’s what he called it, neighbors. And then you will discover something completely new.”
-Xavier Le Pichon quoted in Krista Tippett’s Becoming Wise, p. 141
