Matthew Fox

A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together.

If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.

I'm not really a tropical paradise kind of person.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.