"Philosophers have sought to interpret the world, the point, however, is to change it." - Karl Marx

When I get a little money, I buy books. If I have any left, I buy food and clothes. --Erasmus

When I feed the poor, I'm called a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, I'm called a Communist --Don Helder Camara

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. - - - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The glory of God is a human being, fully alive. Irenaeus

Life isn't about how to survive the storm,but how to dance in the rain. unknown

Where there is no vision, the people perish "Proverbs 29:18

“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 rather than too much. Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more, than they are doing now. Christians should take a stronger stand in favor of the weak rather than considering first the possible right of the strong.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, and if faced With courage, need not be lived again." - On the Pulse of Morning Maya Angelou

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: “I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.”

"I want a job where I don't spend endless hours circulating information that isn't relevant about subjects that don't matter to people who aren't interested." (Yes Minister Series 3)

"The problem is not that the young people haven't learned our values; it's that they have. They can see beneath our social and religious platitudes to what we care about most. Our great cultural message comes through loud and clear: it is an affluent lifestyle that counts for success and happiness. Yet we sometimes seem startled when the young really take our consumer values to heart and lose their hearts in the process."

- Jim Wallis "The Soul of Politics"