Barbara Brown Taylor

"History is the story of human attempts to balance freedom and community."

"The philosophy of fear leads nowhere; the philosophy of love leads home."

"Literature teaches us to see through other people's eyes."

"War teaches us what we did not know about ourselves."

"Motivation comes from meaning, not from obligation."

"Inspiration strikes those who are willing to be struck."

"Relationships are the place where we discover our true nature."

"The hunger for money is often the hunger for security disguised."

"Technology is a tool; the question is what we choose to build with it."

"Creativity is not a luxury; it is a necessity for the soul."

"The practice of presence is the antidote to our epidemic of anxiety."

"We become wise by learning to live with uncertainty."

"Fear is often the sign that we are approaching something sacred."

"The power to change things comes from the decision to see them clearly."

"Education is not the filling of buckets but the lighting of fires."

"Knowledge without love is just information."

"Time is the only currency we cannot earn more of."

"Truth is too large for any one perspective to contain."

"Freedom is found not in escape but in engagement with what is real."

"Peace is not the absence of struggle but the presence of purpose."

"Nature is full of answers if we would just listen."

"The artist's job is to see beauty and show it to the rest of us."

"Science and faith are partners in the discovery of truth."

"Music is the language that speaks to what is deepest in us."

"Faith is not certainty; it is the willingness to act without certainty."

"The leader who has all the answers is not leading but ruling."

"Work becomes worship when it is done with full presence."

"Dreams are the language of possibility."

"Humor allows us to hold opposites together without exploding."

"Beauty is the evidence that the world is not just matter."