We've got to rescue our democracy by using it.

There is no such thing as away. When you throw something away, it must go somewhere.

Bottled water costs about 2000 times more than tap water. Can you imagine paying 2000 times the price of anything else? How about a $ 10,000 sandwich?

Our primary identity has become that of being consumers – not mothers, teachers, or farmers, but of consumers. We shop and shop and shop.

Solid information is necessary, but insufficient. We also need to present that information in ways that are inspiring and accessible. That's where stories come in.

You cannot run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely.

Turns out, people's brains are not nearly as powerful a motivator as our hearts. Facts, data, and economic models don't move people to courageous action the way that powerful stories can.

Shop smarter and shop less. But please don't let that dissuade you from engaging in campaigns to make real lasting change.

The power that comes from knowing the facts of history is dwarfed by the power that comes from being able to shape the stories about how that history is written and told.

Activists need to get the facts right. One of the big assets we have on our side is the truth, and we lose credibility and power if w e're loose with that.

It's crucial we know the facts and science, but it's naïve to rely on them alone to build a movement for change.

Love is scary: it changes it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.

Evil is inevitable, ' Reuben quoted, 'in the course of a creation which develops with time.

But why think the more reasons there were to sin, the smaller the sin was?

Why so many eager to hear the word of “I love you” and so few care to see?

If you are not royalty, He is not King.

The desire to die was my one and only concern; to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.

everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage.

That's how I try to think of education - a school is a miniature society where children learn to function in a real world.

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.

Those who die, merely suffering the woes of life like cats and dogs, are they men?