Terry Tempest Williams Quotes about Community

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We are animal. We are Earth. We are water. We are a community of human beings living on this planet together. And we forget that. We become disconnected, we lose our center point of gravity, that stillness that allows

We are animal. We are Earth. We are water. We are a community of human beings living on this planet together. And we forget that. We become disconnected, we lose our center point of gravity, that stillness that allows us to listen to life on a deeper level and to meet each other in a fully authentic and present way.

Terry Tempest Williams

Animal, Water, Community

Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. February 1, 2005.

Despair shows us the limit of our imagination. Imaginations shared create collaboration, collaboration creates community, and community inspires social change.

Terry Tempest Williams

Teamwork, Imagination, Community

Storytelling awakens us to that which is real. Honest. . . . it transcends the individual. . . . Those things that are most personal are most general, and are, in turn, most trusted. Stories bind. . . . They are basic to who we are. A story composite personality which grows out of its community. It maintains a stability within that community, providing common knowledge as to how things are, how things should be -- knowledge based on experience. These stories become the conscience of the group. They belong to everyone.

Terry Tempest Williams

Real, Community, Personality

Wherever we are, we can call for and create these kinds of settings for authentic dialogue. This is the seedbed of social change. In a voiced community, we all flourish. But it's not easy. Revolutionary patience and persistence is required. It can be messy, it is unpredictable, and change, especially structural change takes time - time and leadership and the will of an engaged community. What is needed? In a word, courage.

Terry Tempest Williams

Persistence, Community, Kind

Source: therumpus.net

Stories have the power to create social change and inspire community.

Terry Tempest Williams

Community, Inspire, Stories

Terry Tempest Williams (2006). “A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams”, Utah State Univ Pr

I have inherited a belief in community, the promise that a gathering of the spirit can both create and change culture. In the desert, change is nurtured even in stone by wind, by water, through time.

Terry Tempest Williams

Wind, Water, Community

Terry Tempest Williams (2008). “Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert”, p.129, Vintage

I still have great faith in democracy. I have great belief in the power of community.

Terry Tempest Williams

Power, Community, Listening

Terry Tempest Williams (2006). “A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams”, Utah State Univ Pr

When you look at the Pueblo communities along the Rio Grande, when you talk to the Navajo people, the Ute people, and certainly the native peoples of California who still have their communities intact, it is what they have always known: that we are not apart from nature but a part of it.

Terry Tempest Williams

California, People, Community

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I really do believe if there is hope in the world, then it is to be found within our own communities with our own neighbors, and within our own homes and families.

Terry Tempest Williams

Believe, Home, Community

Terry Tempest Williams (2006). “A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams”, Utah State Univ Pr

I am interested and deeply curious about our need for a spiritual life, a life of greater meaning, and how we come to a more ethical view of life within our communities that is more inclusive than exclusive, one that is extended even beyond our own species.

Terry Tempest Williams

Spiritual, Views, Community

Source: therumpus.net

Abundance is rooted in community, not individualism. Abundance is what is before our eyes, but we cannot see when we are blinded by greed.

Terry Tempest Williams

Eye, Community, Greed

"Exclusive: Terry Tempest Williams On Sacred Rage, Abundance, and the Upcoming White House Tar Sands Pipeline Action". Interview with Jerry Cope, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 17, 2011.

At the heart of Mormonism is a high regard for community. That is its strength. I have great respect for that.

Terry Tempest Williams

Heart, Community, Mormonism

Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. February 1, 2005.

Community is extremely intimate. When we talk about humor, I love that you know when you're home because there is laughter in the room, there is humor, there is shorthand. That is about community.

Terry Tempest Williams

Laughter, Home, Community

Terry Tempest Williams (2006). “A voice in the wilderness: conversations with Terry Tempest Williams”, Utah State Univ Pr