Voice of the Day

[kong]

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

[kong]

Humility is what gives us the vision to look upon our world with fresh eyes. Humility enables us to respect others enough to put down our spurious images of ourselves and open our arms, as individuals and as a nation.

- Joan Chittister

[Oldschool]

Mark Twain - “Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand.”

[kong]

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood.

- Martin Luther King Jr

God has no other hands than ours.

- Dorothee Sölle,
German theologian and writer, Suffering (1973).


The first principle of nonviolent action is that of noncooperation with everything humiliating.

- César Chávez

[Oldschool]

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
- Charles Dickens

[kong]

Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness, and pride of power, and with its plea for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make these points clear ... Christendom adjusts itself far too easiliy to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more, than they are doing now.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

[kong]

As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.

- Rosa Parks

[kong]

We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation -- we must act on these principles.

- Desmond Tutu

[kong]

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

- Chinese Proverb

[kong]

If our lives demonstrate that we are peaceful, humble and trusted, this is recognized by others. If our lives demonstrate something else, that will be noticed too.

- Rosa Parks, civil rights activist (1913-2005)