Quotes
Authors
Terry Tempest Williams

"The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention rather than our opinion? And do we have enough resolve in our hearts to act courageously, relentlessly, without giving up, trusting our fellow citizens to join us in our determined pursuit-a living democracy?"

Source : Terry Tempest Williams (2010). “The Open Space of Democracy”, p.83, Wipf and Stock Publishers

Terry Tempest Williams

#Giving Up Quotes #Home Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do.”
“These are the people who don't believe in evolution or global warming. So, why would they believe default would hurt anything?”
“Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades, The Inquisition, Calvin's Geneva all prove that this is not the case. These events were pre-eminently about obedience to authority.”
“For one thing, I think that there are questions which philosophers raise which, although science bears on them, are not typically the central focus of those who work in the sciences. At the same time, I don't have a view of philosophy which marks it out as different in kind from scientific work”

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“My relaxation has always been my animals - going to the dog park with them, going to the beach.”
“Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.”

Source : William Christopher Handy (1947). “Father of the Blues: An Autobiography of W. C. Handy”
“But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.”
“Homosexuality is a cage in which you are trapped in an endless cycle of constantly wanting more - sexually - that you can never actually receive, constantly full of emptiness, trying to justify your twisted actions by politics and â€˜feel goodâ€™ language.”

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