Quotes

Learning the Joy of living simply

Learning the Joy of living simply

In Luna, it really taught me to live simply – and, I know, that's an understatement!  But through living simply, it taught me the joy of living simply. I really believe that society has told us to believe that our joy in life has to come from how much things we have –...

Seek out the power of our humanity

Seek out the power of our humanity

When speaking to power, we have to step back and look at individuals as human beings. As human beings, we have the power to do the greatest good and the greatest bad, each and every one of us. We look at people like Charles Hurwitz (CEO of Maxxam Inc., the company...

Love is still huge

As over-simplified as the word love has become, it's still actually pretty huge. It is a profound act of courage to live a life of love. And in order to truly love others, to love the planet, if there's a disconnect to how we love ourselves, then that will show up in...

On the miracle and magic of our lives

On the miracle and magic of our lives

This word miracle, or magic – it only happens where we don't know it, where we don't expect it. If a magician does something and we know what they did, that's not magic! It's only in the unknown space that the miracle and magic of our lives can really come forth. Even...

Our greatest teacher, the natural world

Our greatest teacher, the natural world

The guru – our teacher – is everything. Everything we need to know is already within us and the world around us. What happens is, we have blocks to that knowing. Whatever experiences we might have – growing up with imperfect parents, what society tells us – all these...

Holding deep grief and deep joy

Holding deep grief and deep joy

“We have this choice: are we more committed to being connected? Or are we more committed to being right? We strive to be right a lot, and that's probably why we're not further along. Because, if we have right on our side, why aren't we further along? The way right is...