To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

Our fundamental task as human beings is to seek out connections-to exercise our imaginations.

What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good. We have no idea what the next ten years, much less the next fifty years, will demand of the coming generation. What we do know is that unless we have a people prepared and eager to meet those crises creatively and compassionately, there is not much hope for this poor old planet of ours.

I have been mocked by beauty, too. But it was the beauty which cost me nothing that in the end turned upon me.

If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain to avoid a thought?