--- title: "1 Reached Peak Quotes By Krista Tippett" description: "1 Reached Peak quotes by Krista Tippett. Plus more from Krista Tippett and more Reached Peak sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/krista-tippett-9825_god_the-end-of-his-life-he-was-asked-what-st_1370178.png" --- > [“the end of his life, he was asked what stuck in his mind about his experiences in South America and on the Beagle. And he remembered climbing to the peak of the Andes in Peru or Chile—I can’t remember—and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/the-end-of-his-life-he-was-asked-what-stuck-in-his-mind-about-his/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/krista-tippett-9825_god_the-end-of-his-life-he-was-asked-what-st_1370178.png) ## More by Krista Tippett > [“God delights in beauty, Islam teaches at its core, and is beauty. Beauty is in creation, not destruction, and in balance. It is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/god-delights-in-beauty-islam-teaches-at-its-core-and-is-beauty-beauty/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/spirituality-doesn-t-look-like-sitting-down-and-meditating/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/but-what-we-did-is-we-studied-our-town-we-did-an-inventory-of-all-of/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“...'fundamentalism' and 'liberalism' and terrorism.' These labels only tell us partial truths. We must use them humbly, guardedly, Niebuhr would say, aware of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/fundamentalism-and-liberalism-and-terrorism-these-labels-only-tell-us/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [Compassion is a piece of vocabulary that could change us if we truly let it sink into the standards by which we hold ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/compassion-is-a-piece-of-vocabulary-that-could-change-us-if-we-truly/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“You have your own stories, the dramatic and more ordinary moments where what has gone wrong becomes an opening to more of yourself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/you-have-your-own-stories-the-dramatic-and-more-ordinary-moments/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/you-can-disagree-with-another-person-s-opinions-you-can-disagree-with/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“Resilience is a successor to mere progress, a companion to sustainability.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/resilience-is-a-successor-to-mere-progress-a-companion-to/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/it-s-a-collection-of-pointers-that-treat-the-margins-as-seriously-as/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [How we carry what has gone wrong for us is essential to being at home in ourselves, and present to the world with all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/how-we-carry-what-has-gone-wrong-for-us-is-essential-to-being-at-home/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down and narrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/mystery-is-a-birthright-of-theology-and-faith-but-you-often-do-find/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [Humanity needs this technology as much as it needs all other technologies that have now connected us and set before us the terrifying and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/humanity-needs-this-technology-as-much-as-it-needs-all-other/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/structure-is-something-that-calms-our-nature-we-know-this-of-toddlers/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [If God is God, we can't be afraid of what we can learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/if-god-is-god-we-can-t-be-afraid-of-what-we-can-learn/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) > [“Hope is an orientation, an insistence on wresting wisdom and joy from the endlessly fickle fabric of space and time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krista-tippett/hope-is-an-orientation-an-insistence-on-wresting-wisdom-and-joy-from/) [Krista Tippett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krista-tippett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/reached-peak/krista-tippett/#itemlist", "name": "1 Reached Peak Quotes By Krista Tippett", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“the end of his life, he was asked what stuck in his mind about his experiences in South America and on the Beagle. 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