Terry Tempest Williams

Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#inspiration #meaning #faith

What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support, and friendship. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#lessons #school #education

There is no one true church, no one chosen people. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#church #faith #people #faith

I wonder how it is we have come to this place in our society where art and nature are spoke in terms of what is optional, the pastime and concern of the elite? ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#nature #society #art

Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#suffering #family

I admire how she protects her energy and understands her limitations. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#self-knowledge #family

How do we remain faithful to our own spiritual imagination and not betray what we know in our own bodies? The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#imagination #spirit #faith

I accept the Organic Trinity of Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal with as much authority as I accept the Holy Trinity. Both are sacred. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#faith #inspiration #faith

I pray to the birds because they remind me of what I love rather than what I fear. And at the end of my prayers, they teach me how to listen. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#prayer #family

What other species now require of us is our attention. Otherwise, we are entering a narrative of disappearing intelligences. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#disappearance #intelligence #language #narrative #beauty