The first lesson of evolution was one of conflict. The lesson now is one of kinship.

Destroying species is like tearing pages out of an unread book, written in a language humans hardly know how to read, about the place where they live.

The splendors of earth do not simply lie in their roles as human resources, supports of culture, or stimulators of experience.

What I am mourning is perhaps not worth saving, but I regret its loss nevertheless.

To those who view the voyage of life from the port of departure the bark that has accomplished any considerable distance appears already in close approach to the farther shore.

Persistent practice alone is the key to yoga. As you take pains to learn, continue with devotion what you have learn.

When I have clarified and exhausted a subject, then I turn away from it, in order to go into darkness again.

To follow Story is to understand the path of healing. Each of our stories is a universe. Each one of us is living a story. To discover its shape and essence is essential to soul making.

The parents used to drag the little ones, and now the kids are coming--and they're not little anymore. Things are evolving. Maybe there's a renaissance for our music.

I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.

Love is an act of faith in another person, not an act of surrender.

I don't tend to have a favorite album; I tend to have favorite tracks. There are flaws in every album that spoil it for me.

All thoughts, desires, conventions, attachments which come from outside must be ruthlessly pushed away.