Compassion is a spiritual technology. Krista Tippett More Quotes by Krista Tippett More Quotes From Krista Tippett 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 wisdom wise exercise Compassion is a piece of vocabulary that could change us if we truly let it sink into the standards to which we hold ourselves and others. Krista Tippett vocabulary compassion work The things that go wrong for you have a lot of potential to become part of your gift to the world. Krista Tippett world 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. Krista Tippett sadness perfect thinking What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion. Krista Tippett rising problem compassion Silence is an endangered quantity in our time... Silence, embraced, stuns with its presence, its pregnant reality—a reality that does not negate reason and argument, but puts them in their place. Krista Tippett silence doe reality You are not going to be perfect every day. It’s about turning up the next day and doing it again. Krista Tippett next-day next perfect 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. Krista Tippett issues two-sides thinking You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience. Krista Tippett doctrine opinion persons Compassion also brings us into the territory of mystery - encouraging us not just to see beauty, but perhaps also to look for the face of God in the moment of suffering, in the face of a stranger, in the face of the vibrant religious other. Krista Tippett compassion religious god How we carry what has gone wrong for us is essential to being at home in ourselves, and present to the world with all of its failings. Krista Tippett essentials gone home If we cant face our losses, we cant 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. Krista Tippett cutting loss people Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues. Krista Tippett virtue everyday kindness In many ways, religion comes from the same place in us that art comes from. The language of the human heart if poetry Krista Tippett language way art For every shrill and violent voice that throws itself in front of microphones and cameras in the name of God, there are countless lives of gentleness and good works who will not. We need to see and hear them, as well, to understand the whole story of religion in our world. Krista Tippett our-world voice names 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. Krista Tippett buddhist real hurt Fear usually looks like anger. Krista Tippett looks If God is God, we cant be afraid of what we can learn. Krista Tippett cant ifs Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers. Krista Tippett toddler calm structure Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it’s more of a cerebral ascent. Krista Tippett ascent tolerance virtue
