There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don’t expect you to save the world, I do think it’s not asking too much to love whose with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.

-- Nikki Giovanni

 -- from "Affirm Me" by David Maddux

I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I am for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.

-- Malcolm X

I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those who do the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I don’t think it will be based on the colour of the skin.

-- Malcolm X

Going to church does not make a person religious, nor does going to school make a person educated, any more than going to a garage makes a person a car.

-- Anonymous (a fortune on the UNIX operating system)

The Great Leap of Faith
It’s yours, take it!
Leap like a lunatic over the chasm below,
erupting as you go.
Your true self await you,
now you will know.

Mourning in the Rainforest
If trees could scream,
no-one on earth
would sleep peacefully
again.

Women Change the World through Children
May we never break the strong spirits of our daughters
May we teach our sons to become loving and nurturing men
In so doing, we hold the key to universal peace,
unlocking the door!

Earthdance
Let our inner eye see the invisible damage
Let our hands repair broken ecosystems
Let our inner ear hear the snapping of food chains
And let our hearts respond,
Not just to the oil on the rock,
But to the Earth’s biological clock.

I have never been able to find our precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat

-- Rebecca West, 1913

Men of quality respect women’s equality.

It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber.

We cannot change unless we survive, but we will not survive unless we change.

Guns don’t kill people -- they just make it real easy.

We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreampt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence.

-- Gandhi

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.

-- Dom Hieder Camara

Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies -- God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.

-- Kurt Vonnegut

They first came for the Communists and I didn’t speak up -- because I wasn’t a Communist.

Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up -- because I wasn’t a Jew.

Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn’t speak up -- because I wasn’t a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up -- because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me -- and by that time no one was left to speak up.