Normal

Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.
--Rosa Parks

Stranger

At times in the past decade and a half I have felt like a stranger in my own country.
--Adrienne Rich

Mystery

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
--Anaïs Nin

Be Present

Buddhist teachings say feeling that you have to maintain hope can wear you out, so just be present.
--Joanna Macy

Horrify

That the phrase "latest shooting" exists should HORRIFY us. But we've become used to it. Which is...horrifying.
--Patton Oswalt (tweet on May 24, 2014)

Deceived

The world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived. (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
--Petronius

Scientific

It is possible that the scientific character of mind is by its nature childish, capable through life of a child's wonder and excitements, but lacking real discernment, lacking sadness, too easily delighted by its own intellect.
--E. L. Doctorow

Impossible

I do not believe that science can disprove the existence of God; I think that is impossible. And if it is impossible, is not a belief in science and in a God--an ordinary God of religion--a consistent possibility?
--Richard P. Feynman

Task

Before us, our first task is to astonish,
and then, harder by far, to be astonished.
--Galway Kinnell

Faith

In the absence of organized religion, faith abounds, in the form of song and art and food and strong arms.
--Elizabeth Alexander

Differ

I do not know how far I differ from other people.
--Virginia Woolf

Companionship

Human companionship is magic in its own right.
--Anna Badkhen

Belong

Part of the definition of home being a place you don't belong anymore.
--Tim Kreider

Real

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
--Thomas Merton

Purpose

Does every song need a guitar solo? Absolutely. Without question. What's my purpose on Earth if I'm not playing solos?
--Richard Thompson

Think

What are we "doing" when we do nothing but think? Where are we when we, normally always surrounded by our fellow-men, are together with no one but ourselves?
--Hannah Arendt