Death is with you all the time; you get deeper in it as you move towards it, but it's not unfamiliar to you. It's always been there, so what becomes unfamiliar to you when you pass away from the moment…

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Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the...

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the...

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

I'm so disturbed when my women students behave as though they can only read women,...

All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

I thought about how we need to make children feel that there are times in...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good...

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to...

When we drop fear, we can draw nearer to people, we can draw nearer to...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The...

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody...

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

No other group in America has so had their identity socialized out of existence as...

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist...

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist...

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

We judge on the basis of what somebody looks like, skin color, whether we think...

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is...