We are very fragile in front of the future. Accidents and sicknesses is the reality. We are born in extreme weakness and our life will end in extreme weakness. So this, people don't want to hold on to that. They want to prove something. They want security. They want to have big bank accounts and all that sort of stuff. But then also, hold lots of fears within us.

On Being, The Wisdom of Tenderness (transcript) Interview with Krista Tippett, December 24, 2009 - From interviews and talks