Generosity of the spirit is ... the ability to acknowledge an interconnectedness—one's debts to society—that binds one to others whether one wants to accept it or not. It is also the ability to engage in the caring that nurtures that interconnectedness. It is a virtue that everyone should strive...

...if you are here because your liberation is bound up in mine, then let us walk together. — Lilla Watson, Australian activist IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... we learned about doing interfaith work as a Unitarian Universalist and we prepared for our service event. To further prepare: Research stories of...

This old world has...reached an era of intellectual and spiritual development where there is "malice toward none and charity toward all," and when, without prejudice, without fear, and in perfect fidelity, we may clasp hands across the chasm of our differences and speed and cheer each other on in...

All people and cultures without exception hold myths to be true. Anyone who believes that others—less sophisticated—may naively hold myths to be true while they themselves do not, are themselves naive. — Alice Blair Wesley, Unitarian Universalist minister IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... We learned...

Our first task in approaching another people, another culture is to take off our shoes, for the place we are approaching is holy. Else we find ourselves treading on another's dream. More serious still, we may forget that God was there before our arrival. — Max Warren (1904-1977) General Secretary...

If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege. — bell hooks, author, feminist, and social activist IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP......

I cannot tell you what I am going to do until I can tell you the story or stories that I am part of. — Alisdair McIntire, 20th-century philosopher and virtue ethicist We need not think alike to love alike. — Francis David (c. 1510-1579), founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania IN TODAY'S...

If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace. — Hosea Ballou (1771-1852), Universalist minister IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP... We learned about...

When you take on some leadership responsibility in the world, you must accept the fact that you will change lives. You will change the status quo by representing justice or compassion or love. And changes spread from you will be easier to happen again in others because of you. — Doris "Granny D"...

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? — Eleanor Roosevelt In Today's Workshop... We examined forgiveness in different situations: from the viewpoint of an individual in the criminal justice system, to nations seeking forgiveness...

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. — Audre Lorde In Today's Workshop... We explored the...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. — George Bernard Shaw In Today's Workshop... We explored the importance of imagination when creating justice in the world. We learned about climate change and the...

Peace begins with yourself, with the way you treat your family, your friends, your communities, your country—but it does not stop there. Peace that begins in the hearts of children can cover the whole world. — Mayerly, 14, Colombian Children's Movement for Peace In Today's Workshop... We learned...

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha In Today's Workshop... We explored what is meant by abundance and scarcity....

Though force can protect in an emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration, and cooperation can finally lead (people) to the dawn of eternal peace. — President Dwight Eisenhower In Today's Workshop... We talked about cooperation as a way to create more justice in the world. We heard a story...

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I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me. — Terence, Roman playwright and freed slave In Today's Workshop... We examined the role empathy plays in social justice by looking at current immigration issues. We discussed yet another way that language influences how we think about justice...

I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. — Helen Keller In Today's Workshop... We explored different ways to reach new understanding, including reading or hearing true-life accounts and communicating with non-violent or giraffe language....

May your life preach more loudly than your lips. — William Ellery Channing In Today's Workshop... We talked about the moral arc of the universe bending toward justice with our help and the help of those who came before us. Some of those were our Unitarian Universalist ancestors. We heard a story...

Who thinks of justice unless he knows injustice? — Diane Glancy, Cherokee poet In Today's Workshop... We heard a story about the importance of being aware, both with what we are experiencing firsthand and with the root causes of what we are experiencing. We also discovered a way to imagine how we...