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21 quotes by Krista Tippett

Krista Tippett (née Weedman, born November 9, 1960 ) is a journalist, author, and entrepreneur. She created and hosts the public radio program and podcast On Being. In 2014, Tippett, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama.
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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... →

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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... →

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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.

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Kindness is an everyday byproduct of all the great virtues.

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

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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

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

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Fear usually looks like anger.

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

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

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