All writers are propagandists.

The task we all face as human beings ... is to find and become who we are. The task teachers face is to find their own way of teaching, one that manifests who they are.

I thought a forest was made up entirely of trees, but now I know that the foundation lies below ground, in the fungi.

If we hope to stem the mass destruction that inevitably attends our economic system (and to alter the sense of entitlement - the sense of contempt, the hatred - on which it is based), fundamental historical, social, economic, and technological forces need to be pondered, understood, and redirected. Behavior won't change much without a fundamental change in consciousness. The question becomes: How do we change consciousness?

a real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves

When we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do the work.

We must learn how to think like the planet.