Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.

We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.

But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power.

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

Education can, and should be, dangerous.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.

The problem in this world is not civil disobedience...th e problem in this world is civil obedience.

Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.

God is going to lift you up higher, day by day and from prayer to prayer.

Writing is exposing yourself to strangers

God has nothing to say to the self-righteous.

I do like touring but my life sort of starts to fall apart under it after a certain point. So you just have to stop. And it's hard to.

It's better to prepare than to repair.

Silence is essential. We need silence just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.

A museum is a place where one should lose one's head.

How easy it is to be compassionate when it's yourself you see in trouble.

We have an education and business culture that tends to reward quick factual answers over imaginative inquiry. Questioning isn’t encouraged - it is barely tolerated.