“Recognizing "enoughness" is a radical act in an economy that is always urging us to consume more.”

“Joanna Macy writes that until we can grieve for our planet we cannot love it - grieving is a sign of spiritual health. But it is not enough to weep for lost landscapes; we have to put our hands in the earth to make ourselves whole again. Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I... See more

“The market system artificially creates scarcity by blocking the flow between the source and the consumer. Grain may rot in the warehouse while hungry people starve because they cannot pay for it.”

“The subtext of most self help is to isolate yourself and work on yourself so that one day people will like you and you’ll be successful. They say improve your mindset, build your skills, clean your room... the rich sad person... there are systems in place in society that keep people miserable, so self improvement only goes so far, but I don’t hear... See more

“Some of the least lonely people I know hold strong relational values. Whereas some of the most lonely people I know often hold more individualistic values. So it’s not a personality that leads to connection. It’s actually a value system. And the good news is you can adopt relational values at any age. And here’s what that might look like. Number... See more

“there is nothing inevitable about our planet continuing to warm, rendering it increasingly hostile to humans, plants and animals. There are choices we collectively make.”

“The truth - that love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire... the salvation of man is through love and in love”

“The moral halo around ‘good skin’ isn’t a coincidence...it’s not that we think having bad skin is a moral failing. It’s that we think poverty is.”

“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself”