My activism really is for myself, because I see places in the world where I feel I should be. If there is something really bad, really evil, happening somewhere, then that is where I should be. I need, for myself, to feel that I have stood there. It feels a lot better than just watching it on television.
I’ve always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job.
No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.
One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.
Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times.
Think globally; act locally.
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.
I am leaving this legacy to all of you ... to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die-- the dream of freedom and peace.
If you're not giving the world the best you have, what world are you saving it for ?
The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy.
Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent amongst them. That is the reason why agitators are so absolutely necessary. Without them, in our incomplete state, there would be no advance towards civilisation.
All movements go too far.
Bring on your tear gas, bring on your grenades, your new supplies of Mace, your state troopers and even your national guards. But let the record show we ain’t going to be turned around.
Consciously or unconsciously, everyone of us does render some service or another. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and it will make not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.
Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
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