Each of us lives with a sword over his head.There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot. Those who cannot are not necessarily better than those who can. But they are...

this, then, is what needs to be done.” It should be an instrument for those for who fight, those who resist and refuse what is. Its use should be in processes of conflict and confrontation,...

You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world? First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual...

We are not at the bargaining table in agreement to end abuse to our world. We are on the battlefield deciding everyday if we will let this world die or live, by how we contribute...

Fundamentally, what all forms of positive thinking about collapse come down to is our own fear of death.

I am saying that there is a time to do, and a time not to do, and that when we are slave to the habit of doing we are unable to distinguish between them.

There is a stereotype that vegans talk about being vegan all the time. The irony is, once people find out I’m vegan, I quickly become their confessor, counselor, and sounding board.

A little difference is still different.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

A truly living human being cannot remain neutral.

arise,awake,stop not until your goal is achieved.

As usual, in every scheme that worsens the position of the poor, it is the poor who are invoked as beneficiaries.

The most effective form of activism is kindness.

I detect the activist returning with a vengence.

Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full...

Could it be that following our initiatory path and connecting with higher source wisdom might actually be one of our species’ best defense systems?

The Earth was singing her revolution. She was calling her brave men and women to her defense.

Protest is when I say I don’t like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance...

The problem will never be diversity, the challenging of tradition or the one person that questions the way life should be. The person that shows the world that this is wrong, there is a perspective...

There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!

Up is down.Near is far.Coal is clean.And, so it tar?!?!

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

No genuine change in society ever occurs without the mass public getting behind a cause. The good guys in government are counting on enough of us common people waking up and demanding more rights and...

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

Where there is power, there is resistance.

Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

Strength of character comes from being hit by stray verbal stones, while protecting discarded ciphers in the snow.

None of us really has any idea how many lives we touch or what impact we have on those lives. In most cases, we will never get to see whatdifference we made, but living out...

Each experience of love nudges us toward the Story of Interbeing, because it only fits into that story and defies the logic of Separation.

Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself.

Words are fossilized butterfly wings,pretty to look at sometimes,but only good for Museums.I want to miserably burn down the Museums.

We Lesbian Avengers have built this shrine. It stands for our fear. It stands for our grief. It stands for our rage. And it enshrines our intention to live fully and completely as who we...

I would be guilty only if I were innocent of working to destroy racism in my country.

It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

I existed on my own terms. I was different my entire life. Some called me divergent, wild, crazy, unpredictable and unconformed—an apostate to the rules of the majority. I called myself God’s creation and found...

If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and...

‎God remains silent so that men and women may speak, protest, and struggle. God remains silent so that people may really become people. When God is silent and men and women cry, God cries in...

Maybe the same essential download was also being delivered to other people—a massive, compassionate battalion of us—at the same time.

We’ve got to make change our national pastime and hold protests more regularly than weekend parties.

Activism begins with you, Democracy begins with you, get out there, get active! Tag, you’re it

message of truth” found in all of us, that binds theology—holistic virtues combined with purpose is the foundation of spiritual evolution. The diversity among us all is not divided truth, but the opportunity for unity...

Thou shalt not stand idly by

Stop Duane Thomas!

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

The enormity of problems like hunger and social injustice can certainly motivate us to act. We can be convinced logically of the need for intervention and change. But it is the story of one individual...

And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say:You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve.

Do what you can, when you can.

Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible.

The greatest work you will ever do is charity; the most divine work you will ever do will be changing people’s perception of God, while you’re doing charity.

Gratitude is a state of mind that inherently recognizes interdependence with the external world, whether it be other humans, nature, the sacred, or a combination of these.