A lot of people think of political activism as some grim duty, and I think we do have an obligation to be citizens - to be informed and engaged.

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.

It's been crazy trying to tour with a baby. But it's actually working out okay.

In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love

As with all children, the feeling that I was useful was perhaps the greatest joy I experienced.

You can only have bliss if you don't chase it.

Rose took my nose, I suppose

Everything has a trend to it; I don't care if it's appliances or engines. I always ask: What has a company done in the past five years that somebody's noticed?

You rest now. Rest for longer than you are used to resting. Make a stillness around you, a field of peace. Your best work, the best time of your life will grow out of this peace.

In sweet water there is a pleasure ungrudged by anyone.

I have been taught that we can make many choices in life, but we cannot choose our final destiny. Our actions do that.

Unless physicians stand together to fight threats and injustices, our practices cannot remain viable in the future.