If people can't acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that's their loss.

Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots.

A wild creature is not subject to any will except its own

The losses of the natural world are our loss, their silence silences something within the human mind.

As a writer you have a duty to be a messenger.

The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals.

Singing with others is an unmediated, shared experience as each person feels the same music reverberating in their individual bodies. Singing is part of our humanity; it is embodied empathy.