You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.

The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.

A language is not just a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. ... Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind.

The measure of a society is not only what it does but the quality of its aspirations.

The surface of the Earth itself is an immense loom upon which the sun weaves the fabric of existence.

What is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind?

Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.

Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.

Its haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.

Language is an old-growth forest of the mind.

All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.

Why aren’t you smiling?” Cameron asks. She picks up the Astropad and stops the video.“Because this is the beginning, not the end.

It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.

If people want to legalize a particular relationship, we need to be careful if that kind of relationship has been disapproved for millennia.

We know a little bit about a lot of things. Just enough to make us dangerous.

Culture follows power.

It's insanely difficult to ask an audience to go somewhere other than YouTube to watch videos.

Home is where your teapots are.

I just really want to make albums - and however I can, I will.

Each investigation team has a lawyer attached to it and there was a lawyer attached to me and my assistant.

Love is just a piece of time in the world in the world And I couldn't help but fall in love again