Krista Tippett Quotes
What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to some people.
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So long as you create laws that define women as victims, as creatures that demand protection, that need bodyguards, you are going to perpetuate the very worst of our sexist past.
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.
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Nowadays in pop, there's not a lot of men that are singing big and loud and high - it's not as common as it once was.
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I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
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I sang in a reggae band. And then there was a soul band where I sang back-up vocals and some lead. And I was also in a women's a capella group. And I was in the gospel choir at school. Actually, I've always been in choirs. Or some kind of group. Just because I love singing so much. But I truthfully never thought of it as a career.
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If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
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My senior thesis was a documentary. By the time I graduated from college, I thought I was going to make films, and my interest in acting was there but kind of confused.
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I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?
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I never pigeonhole myself into any religion, but I feel it has found me. I am trying to make sense of it... the essence of the Mathangi concept.
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I'm probably the only bottom-heavy golfer in the country.
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A writer can spend a decade working obsessively on a novel, but in the commerce of publishing, many of the most important decisions about any book will be made based on very short pitches - from literary agent to editor to sales rep to bookstore buyer to a potential reader standing in the bookstore, asking, 'What's it about?'
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A child's eyes, those clear wells of undefiled thought—what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet your own.
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We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our well-being, resilience, and survival.
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When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates you have to think, you are a complete idiot.
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I didn't leave physics because of boredom. I left it because other issues compelled me in a bigger way. And I always say to myself, "When I'm 60, I'd like to go back to what I interrupted."
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What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion.
