There is a beautiful Haisidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put Scripture on their hearts. One of them asked, “Why on our hearts, and not in them?” The rabbi answered, “Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your hearts, and when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside.”
‘How strange that we should ordinarily feel compelled to hide our wounds when we are all wounded.’
M. Scott Peck, A Different Drum