Krista Tippett Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Fear usually looks like anger.”

“Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space.”

“Tolerance is not really a lived virtue; it's more of a cerebral ascent.”

“You are not going to be perfect every day. It's about turning up the next day and doing it again.”

“For many people who were never religious or who leave the religion of their childhood behind, it's the experience of having children of your own that brings an urgency to the question of what you believe.”

“Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down and narrow what is possible.”

“If God is God, we can't be afraid of what we can learn.”

“Strong religious identities survive and thrive. But more than ever before, even in their most conservative iterations, they are chosen.”

“Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers.”

“I had been a journalist in Europe and then went to divinity school in the early 1990s, and came out as somebody who had the perspective of a journalist and was now also theologically educated.”