Here are a few inspirational quotes that helped lead to the creation of this website. Please add any others that work for you.
Margaret Mead: Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Christian theologian Walter Rauschenbusch said that the Kingdom of God "...is not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming the life on earth into the harmony of heaven."
Jesus: "...for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink...Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me...just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." Matthew 25:40-45
Harvard minister Howard Gomes (The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus): "...and every time the faithful pray, in the words ascribed to Jesus, 'Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...' we invoke a confidence in the coming good news not only in heaven but right here on earth."
"Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy." Proverbs 31:8-9
"For if you truly ammend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow...then I will dwell with you in this place..." Jeremiah 7: 5-7
Budd Schulberg (O Magazine):
Isn't everyone a part of everyone else?
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