Walking allows us to be in our bodies and in the world without being made busy by them.

There is no one as dangerous as he or she who has nothing to lose.

Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.

A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.

To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.

Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't--and it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be "apolitical" is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life.

Memory, even in the rest of us, is a shifting, fading, partial thing, a net that doesn't catch all the fish by any means and sometimes catches butterflies that don't exist.

Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.

Revolution is as unpredictable as an earthquake and as beautiful as spring. Its coming is always a surprise, but its nature should not be.

When I visit someplace new my favorite thing to do is eat...and walk, preferable to a place where I can eat some more.

A hundred times I must have thought of ways to take it back, but I wasn't smart enough to understand that an apology is a sign of strenght, not weakness (...)

I once heard worship defined as celebrating the availability of God.

it is easier to induce national governments to discriminate against foreign producers than to defend the interests of domestic consumers

My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn’t believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I’m agnostic.

I wouldn't really worry to much about practicing the yoga of discrimination at this point in your evolution.

Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll.

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

That's who we are. That's partly why we've been successful. Spread it around and run our stuff.

My prayer for you is that you come to understand and have the courage to answer Jesus' call to you with the simple word 'yes'.