Love isn't about what we did yesterday; it's about what we do today and tomorrow and the day after

We never know how our small activities will affect others through the invisible fabric of our connectedness. In this exquisitely connected world, it's never a question of 'critical mass.' It's always about critical connections.

Nonviolence is based on recognizing that all of us are human beings. And at a certain point we begin to learn that you don't gather very much by making enemies out of people and not recognizing their humanity. Nonviolence is essentially based on recognizing the humanity in every one one of us.

New York has become almost a third-world country. When I was growing up it was mostly a Euro-American country. And it wasn't until LaGuardia was elected in 1933 that Italians were even considered Americans. We're at a great transition point in terms of population, demographics, and what it means to be a human being.

I believe that we are at the point now, in the United States, where a movement is beginning to emerge.

Building community is to the collective as spiritual practice is to the individual.

Talk and write in a way that encourages the mutual exchange of ideas and acts like a midwife to people birthing their own ideas.