If we're constantly suppressing our strong, heavy emotions - like fear and anger and outrage and sadness - it weakens us. But… — 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,… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
Until our leaders take seriously their responsibility to pass on a healthy and just world to the next generation, I will continue… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
My values are primarily motivated by love for other people. I value the non-human world in large part because it's so vital… — Tim DeChristopher Copy Share Image
It's really hard to change the world when your first priority is making sure that the little world around yourself doesn't change. — 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We need to reject not only outdated fossil-fuel technology, but also an outdated economic system and an outdated corporatist political system.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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