Quotes about Engagement

What is the point in calling anything God if it does not also hold sway in every part of one's life--especially one's politics?

The time to show up fully for life is right now, whatever the circumstances.

You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.

We are inclined that if we watch a football game or baseball game, we have taken part in it.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? All the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!

My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.

This is the best cure for melancholy: to set about doing something which will require muscular exertion and which will benefit others.

Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.

I want to reach as many people as I can.

When we go and play live... we go and we work with like different organizations: the food banks, homeless shelters, children's hospitals or different homes that are reaching out to people. And just to actually go and say, 'Hey, don't just hear me play, come to my concert, that's it, hope you have a good night.' It's like, 'Hey, come be a part.'