If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice.

Spirituality and spiritual life give us the strength to love.

Imagine how much easier it would be for us to learn how to love if we began with a shared definition.

If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.

I see myself, in terms of the question of capitalism, as I would support democratic socialism over a capitalist system, because any approach... or participatory economics, which is another great model that people like Michael Albert are putting out there... any system that encourages us to think about interdependency, and to be able to use the world's resources in a wiser way, for the good of the whole, would be better for the world than capitalism.

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think they're beautiful or not. That space on the Internet allows you to converse with somebody with none of those things involved.

Writing and the hope of writing pulls me back from the edges of despair. I believe insanity and despair are at times one and the same.