Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

There are some things the arrogant mind does not see; it is blinded by its vision of what it desires.

The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life.

The real work of planet-saving will be small, humble, and humbling, and (insofar as it involves love) pleasing and rewarding. Its jobs will be too many to count, too many to report, too many to be publicly noticed or rewarded, too small to make anyone rich or famous.

Some nights in the midst of this loneliness I swung among the scattered stars at the end of the thin thread of faith alone.

You can't live entirely alone. You have to have some kind of a support system.

Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact creatively with the seasonal transformations of the planet. They seldom learn where their water come from or where it goes. We no longer coordinate our human celebration with the great liturgy of the heavens.