We live in a world with serious class complexes. It is one thing to be a college student with loan debts and another thing to be just dirt poor for your entire life. The challenge is to come up with more complex understandings of where we are, more global awareness of what connects Americans with what is happening with suffering and oppressed people all around the world.

Couples who rarely or never have sex can know lifelong love.

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.

The greater our commitment, the more likely our love will last.

I often find it easier to be teaching or giving to others, and often struggle with the place of my own pleasure and joy.

I think inequality is in our minds. I think this is what we learn through practice... The bridge of illusion must be shattered in order for a real bridge to be constructed. One of the things we learn is that inequality is an illusion.

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.