Every small wrong, every minor act of cruelty, every act of petty bullying was symbolic of a greater wrong. And if we ignored these small things, then did it not blunt our outrage over the larger wrongs?

I cannot see myself in a new car. I am a tiny white van person. That is what i want!

It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.

How many of us are happy to be exactly where we are at any moment?...only the completely happy think that they are in the correct place.

Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself.

There is plenty of work for love to do.

Ritual is a terribly important, binding cement in a society. If we abandon formality and rituals, we're actually weakening the relationships that exist between people that bind.