Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
“God delights in beauty, Islam teaches at its core, and is beauty. Beauty is in creation, not destruction, and in balance. It is in… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
“Spirituality doesn’t look like sitting down and meditating. Spirituality looks like folding the towels in a sweet way and talking kindly to the people in the family even though you’ve had a long day. Or even saying to them, “Listen, I’ve had such a long day, but it would be really wonderful if I could just fold these—I’d really love… — Krista Tippett Copy Share
“But what we did is we studied our town. We did an inventory of all of the things that were present there—farms and marshes and springs and historic sites, Indian trails, buildings, our tobacco farms included. And what happened after we did this very careful and very extensive inventory is, we fell in love with the place. Most of us… — Krista Tippett Copy Share
“...'fundamentalism' and 'liberalism' and terrorism.' These labels only tell us partial truths. We must use them humbly, guardedly, Niebuhr would say, aware of the… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
Compassion is a piece of vocabulary that could change us if we truly let it sink into the standards by which we hold ourselves… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
“You have your own stories, the dramatic and more ordinary moments where what has gone wrong becomes an opening to more of yourself and part of your gift to the world. This is the beginning of wisdom. And what is true for individuals is true for peoples. Our problems are not more harrowing than the ravaging depressions and wars of… — Krista Tippett Copy Share
You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience. — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
“Resilience is a successor to mere progress, a companion to sustainability.” — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
“It’s a collection of pointers that treat the margins as seriously as the noisy center. For change has always happened in the margins, across… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
How we carry what has gone wrong for us is essential to being at home in ourselves, and present to the world with all… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down and narrow… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
Humanity needs this technology as much as it needs all other technologies that have now connected us and set before us the terrifying and… — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
