What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support, and friendship.
Terry Tempest WilliamsWho wants to be a goddess when we can be human? Perfection is a flaw disguised as control.
Terry Tempest WilliamsI still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community.
Terry Tempest WilliamsThe question I'm constantly asking myself is: what are we afraid of? I think it's important for us to follow that line of fear, because that is ultimately our line of growth.
Terry Tempest WilliamsI have inherited a belief in community, the promise that a gathering of the spirit can both create and change culture. In the desert, change is nurtured even in stone by wind, by water, through time.
Terry Tempest WilliamsWhen we really need to work hard to make sure that these ideas about constructive social change culturally, ecologically and politically, come to pass. And that's only going to happen if people support the leadership, because the same power structures are still in place, and it's not in their best interests to change.
Terry Tempest Williams