The carbon fuels industry-big oil and coal-have a 50-year lease on the Republican Party and they are drilling it for everything it's worth.
The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.
The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.
Faced with what seems like an impossible task, a group of folks will do well to remember the African proverb: When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.
What you give ought to be in direct relationship to what you've received. If you have been blessed with a great deal, then you have a lot of giving to do.
An education that teaches you to understand something about the world has done only half of the assignment. The other half is to teach you to do something about making the world a better place.
You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your own neighborhood, and even your own nation.
Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?
I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
Recycling is what we do when we're out of options to avoid, repair, or reuse the product first. Firstly: Reduce. Don't buy what we don't need. Repair: Fix stuff that still has life in it. Reuse: Share. Then, only when you've exhausted those options, recycle.
None but God would ever have thought of justifying me. I am a wonder to myself.