New World and six other essays

All beings embody, in their own manner and way, modes of our own, human being and we do well to empower as many of these affinities as possible. What we may think of as the power of a human being is derived by that being initially as a recognition of other beings as related. In other words, we acknowledge, in ourselves, as a result of a process of noble regard and insightful dedication, over time, the presence of that being's organic singularity and specificity. (Beginning of essay: New World)