Krista Tippett Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think it's about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on.”

“I make no apologies for the fact that I have a religious life of my own. I'm speaking as a Christian because I'm speaking as myself.”

“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.”

“Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.”

“I like to say that I'm tracing the intersection between big ideas and human experience, between theology and real life.”

“What a liberating thing to realize that our problems are probably our richest sources for rising to the ultimate virtue of compassion.”

“If we can't face our losses, we can't 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.”

“My depression is not something very special. A lot of people go through depression. My divorce is not something very special; a lot of people go through divorce.”

“I don't 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.”