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“We form a circle of hope. We pass the flame to one another. If my candle goes out, yours will light it. Together we make a brighter light. And each candle promises something of its own:That darkness is not the last word.”

– David McCauley

“I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives (more…)

“In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it.”

- Marianne Williamson

“A beautiful word or thought that is not accompanied by corresponding acts is like a bright flower that bears no fruit.  It would not produce any effect.”

Buddha

“He or she who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”

Lao Tzu

“for we can do nothing substantial toward changing our course on the planet without rousing ourselves, individual by individual, and bringing our small, imperfect stones to the pile”

alice walker

From Political Censorship of the Defining Dictionary of Hungarian by Miklos Kontra in Solanus 1997

(pre-socialist usage) <in an exploitative society> [a well-to-do person or institution] which gives donations to selected ‘poor people’ in a humiliating manner while (more…)

I don’t believe that, even when we fulfill our minimum obligation not to cause pain, we have the right to kill animals. I know I would not have the right to kill you, however painlessly, just because I liked your flavour, and I’m not in a position to judge that your life is worth more to you than the animal’s [is] to it.

Brigid Brophey

“My actions are my only true belongings…They are the ground on which I stand.”

Thich Nhat Hanh