Words of Wisdom
"Act as if the principle by which you act were about to be turned into a universal law of nature". --Immanuel Kant
"You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no results." --Gandhi
"The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Your silence will not protect you." --Audre Lorde
"A time comes when silence is betrayal." --Martin Luther King
"Liberty can not be preserved without general knowledge among people." --John Adams
"The world shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." --Anais Nin
"Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction." --Redwood Mary (a.k.a. Mary Rose)
That which is looked upon by one generation as the apex of human knowledge is often considered an absurdity by the next, and that which is regarded as a superstition in one century may form the basis of science for the following one. --Paracelsus
"How could I imagine how lost in the open field I was." --Neal Lindley
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever
has." --Margaret Mead
" If one advances confidently in the direction of their dreams, And endeavors to lead a life which they have imagined, They will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." --Henry David Thoreau
"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never
decreases by being shared." ?Buddha
Motivation is not a problem for anyone who accepts the extraordinary truth contained in Yeshe Aro's ancient prescription for
happiness: 'Onthis depends my liberation: to assist others - nothing else.'
"Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your
members? You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask. You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions."
James 4: 1-3 (James is the brother of Jesus, who became a leader in the early church)