When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
The future belongs to you, but it can only belong to you if you participate and take charge
We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.
Have confidence in the young people, give them a chance, and they will surprise you.
Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.
In an era of global abundance, our world has the resources to reduce dramatically the massive divides that persist between rich and poor, if only those resources can be unleashed in the service of all peoples.
And in her [Eleanor Roosevelt] letters, she writes the most, you know, fanciful letters: when we are together, and when we are reunited, and you know, I will be your surrogate wife. Of course she doesn't use that word, but I will be the mother to my brothers, and I will be your primary love.
Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
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Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into the arms of the world, if it does not lead to our experience of responsibility, love, celebration, and our commitment to transformation, then, whatever we call it, we have nothing but an empty shell.