Krista Tippett quotes

Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For that, the human creature must exercise harder-won capacities of wisdom, and wise action. (Krista Tippett)
Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think its about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on. View quote
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Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space. View quote
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Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems. View quote
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What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion. View quote
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You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again. View quote
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I dont accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is to be found within most of us. View quote
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Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues. View quote
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Fear usually looks like anger. View quote
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Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent. View quote
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Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers. (Krista Tippett)
I had been a journalist in Europe and then went to divinity school in the early 1990s, and came out as somebody who had the perspective of a journalist and was now also theologically educated. View quote
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If God is God, we can't be afraid of what we can learn. View quote
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If we can't face our losses, we can't be present either fully to everything that is. When people have cut off or not made peace with some part of themselves, they miss out on other aspects of life. View quote
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I like to say that I'm tracing the intersection between big ideas and human experience, between theology and real life. View quote
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