Individuals who want to believe that there is no fulfillment in love, that true love does not exist, cling to these assumptions because this despair is actually easier to face than the reality that love is a real fact of life but is absent from their lives.

To teach in a manner that respects and cares for the souls of our students is essential if we are to provide the necessary conditions where learning can most deeply and intimately begin.

But love is really more of an interactive process. It's about what we do not just what we feel. It's a verb, not a noun.

[O]ne of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.

I think part of Western metaphysical dualism is, we're always being asked to choose one over the other.

A good teacher is someone who can help you to get back to a teacher within.

We are rarely able to interact only with folks like ourselves, who think as we do. No matter how much some of us deny this reality and long for the safety and familiarity of sameness, inclusive ways of knowing and living offer us the only true way to emancipate ourselves from the divisions that limit our minds and imaginations.