Alex Burger

“To understand the limitation of things, desire them.”

–Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Give evil nothing to oppose and it will disappear by itself.”

–Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”

–Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“The land knows you, even when you are lost.”

–Robin Wall Kim­mer­er

“Wan­na fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”

–Toni Mor­ri­son (from Song of Solomon)

“When you are doing something that is right, you just do it and take care … Someone has to do this.”

–Alice Nkom

“We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.”

–Bayard Rustin

“Nature made a mistake, which I have corrected.”

–Christine Jorgensen

“The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.”

–James Baldwin