Dealing with our negative emotions is a crucial preparatory step to taking effective action. You have to grapple with the hard stuff, with the hard realities of the world. This builds your confidence that you can handle those intense situations… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
Being forcefully rattled out of our consumer mentality - our addiction to comfort and convenience can create an opportunity for us [people] to reconnect… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
That's why there is such alienation, depression, and despair in our society - because the means we're employing doesn't lead to the ends we… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
We need to reject not only outdated fossil-fuel technology, but also an outdated economic system and an outdated corporatist political system. The progressive view… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
My spiritual path has largely been Christianity - a label that I embraced and then rejected and have partially embraced again, as my understanding… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
If we're constantly suppressing our strong, heavy emotions - like fear and anger and outrage and sadness - it weakens us. But when we're… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
Excess consumption doesn't make people happy. We can continue to provide for our needs, but we can't continue the endless pursuit of ever more… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it's that I have greater respect for justice. — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
Dealing with our negative emotions is a crucial preparatory step to taking effective action. You have to grapple with the hard stuff, with the… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
Respond to stressful times by turning towards each other, rather than away from each other. — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
What one person can do is to plant the seeds of love and outrage in the hearts of a movement. And if those hearts… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
Part of the reason I embrace nonviolence is that it's the most effective thing we can do. It's a more advanced tactic than violence.… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
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