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  • Life is political, not because the world cares about how you feel, but because the world reacts to what you do.
    Quote | By Timothy Snyder | September 27, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Activism, America, Democracy, Justice, Meaning, Politics, Secular, WorshipWeb, Worship
  • "I believe firmly that to practice love is to disrupt the status quo which is masquerading as peace." —posted on Austin Channing Brown's Instagram, June 17, 2020...
    Quote | By Austin Channing Brown | June 27, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Activism, Direct Experience, Justice, Living Our Faith, Love, Power, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Solidarity, Transformation
  • When we say, "Save the rainforest," we don’t mean that we cease to honor the mighty cedars or the reaching pines. We mean that one particular piece of a deeply sacred whole is more at risk than others, and that this risk, this threat, is worthy of our very bravest actions. So it is with black...
    Quote | By Nancy McDonald Ladd | April 9, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: #BlackLivesMatter, Activism, Anti-Oppression, Commitment, Humanism, Race/Ethnicity, Secular, Wholeness
  • “Those of us who have in our history the commonality of suffering from hate, we know that those who won the day are those who chose love in the midst of hate.”...
    Quote | By William J. Barber II | September 27, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, America, Anti-Oppression, Democracy, Love, Race/Ethnicity
  • What we would like to do is change the world—make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves... by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, the poor, of the destitute... [W]e can, to a certain extent, change the world; we...
    Quote | By Dorothy Day | December 19, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Christianity, Class, Justice, Poverty, Service, Transformation, Work
  • "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." This quote, attributed to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., is likely a paraphrase of original language that was slightly different. The closest statement your WorshipWeb Curator could find is this excerpt from Rev. King's...
    Quote | By Martin Luther King, Jr. | June 1, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Character, Commitment, Courage, Democracy, Integrity, Living Our Faith, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Self-Respect, Seven Principles
  • "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." This quote has been widely attributed to Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Quote | May 2, 2016 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Integrity, Living Our Faith, Power, Purpose, Seven Principles, Solidarity, Strength
  • You get up in the morning, you brush your teeth, and you help another human being.
    Quote | By Paul Eisemann | June 25, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Caring, Character, Choice, Meaning, Purpose, Relationships, Service
  • Quote | By Anonymous | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Failure, Progress, Secular
  • Quote | By Henri Frederic Amiel | January 21, 2015 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Activism, Compassion, Integrity, Presence, Prophetic Words & Deeds