You are not going to be perfect every day. It’s about turning up the next day and doing it again. 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 wisdomwiseexercise 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 vocabularycompassionwork 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 sadnessperfectthinking What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion. Krista Tippett risingproblemcompassion 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 silencedoereality 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 issuestwo-sidesthinking You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience. Krista Tippett doctrineopinionpersons 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 compassionreligiousgod 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 essentialsgonehome Compassion is a spiritual technology. Krista Tippett technologyspiritualpeace 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 cuttinglosspeople Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues. Krista Tippett virtueeverydaykindness 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 languagewayart 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-worldvoicenames 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 buddhistrealhurt Fear usually looks like anger. Krista Tippett looks If God is God, we cant be afraid of what we can learn. Krista Tippett cantifs Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers. Krista Tippett toddlercalmstructure Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it’s more of a cerebral ascent. Krista Tippett ascenttolerancevirtue
