The enemy was not the Klan but the inside-outside lock that racism and classism had on the minds of the people: It operated from the inside through self-hate and self-doubt, and from the outside through the police, carnivorous landlords, and the welfare system.
~ Junius Williams
If not you, who? If not now, when? The worst thing well-meaning people can do is simply let things remain as they are.
~ Christine Pope
There is no way to tell if we are the pioneers of a visionary new age, whisking humanity into the high vibrations of an interdimensional love party, or post-modern Don Quixotes attacking techno-industrial windmills with our flimsy, rolled-up yoga mats.
~ Jonathan Talat Phillips
I detect the activist returning with a vengence.
~ E.a. Bucchianeri
Our ailing planet needs spiritual warriors, ones capable of standing up to the Western materialism machine, so we can create sustainable societies that care for their citizens, harmonize with the cycles of nature, and receive and honor the vast healing light that quietly connects us all.
We need to stop fighting the old systems and start creating new containers for people who are going through these spiritual openings,’ Tavis reflected. ‘Together, we need to build something that’s never existed before—a global network of light.
Could it be that following our initiatory path and connecting with higher source wisdom might actually be one of our species’ best defense systems?
Why build entirely new systems for connecting to Christ consciousness when the institutions—whether Methodist, Lutheran, or Baptist—have already been created?
Maybe the same essential download was also being delivered to other people—a massive, compassionate battalion of us—at the same time.
What good is a revolution anyway if it isn’t joyful?
They built a city of their dreams, with a thriving gift economy and vibrant culture that encouraged all participants to let loose their wildest, most glorious freak. They weren’t protesting; they were celebrating.
Everything's urgent to a Democrat.
~ Carol Sobeski
You didn't choose God. He chose you. When you stop feeling hurt by everyone and plotting your comeback, he has some very important things he wants you to accomplish with your life.
~ Shannon L. Alder
I don't get it. I just don't get it. If Art is supposed to imitate Life, why do they want all the actors to be thin? There are fat people in the world. Shouldn't there be a few of us actors to represent them?
~ Camryn Manheim
Wrong is an addictive, repetitive story; Right is where the movement is.
~ Paul Hawken
The world is on fire! Why am I sitting in front of my computer? It is because I don’t have a fire extinguisher for the world, and there isn’t a global 911 to call.
~ Charles Eisenstein
If you look at the science that describes what is happening on earth today and aren't pessimistic, you don't have the correct data. If you meet people in this unnamed movement and aren't optimistic, you haven't got a heart.
We need to consume less. A lot less. Less food, less energy, less stuff. Fewer cars, electric cars, cotton T-shirts, laptops, mobile phone upgrades. Far fewer.Yet, every decade, global consumption continues to increase relentlessly.
~ Stephen Emmott
I think the church is often a culprit in the busyness, especially in the evangelical church. Again, it's part of being Americans. Part of being evangelicals too is that we're highly activist. We are always diving in, willing to solve problems, and again there's a lot good there. But we also need the theological balance that the Kingdom is not ours to bring or ours to create.
~ Kevin Deyoung
Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.
~ Saul D. Alinsky
We cannot do everything, but we can all do something.
~ Dillon Burroughs
