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“We need to consume less. A lot less. Less food, less energy, less stuff. Fewer cars, electric cars, cotton T-shirts, laptops, mobile phone upgrades. Far fewer. Yet, every decade, global consumption continues to increase relentlessly.”

Book:Ten Billion

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“I think the church is often a culprit in the busyness, especially in the evangelical church. Again, it's part of being Americans. Part of being evangelicals too is that we're highly activist. We are always diving in, willing to solve problems, and again there's a lot good there. But we also need the theological balance that the Kingdom is not ours to bring or ours to create.”

Activism Busyness

Author:Kevin DeYoung

“I no longer follow the voices of the sane. I follow the ill because they see farther, feel much more and change what the sane will not. This is the paradox of philosophers---trying to understand mass delusion among great people that have faith and knowledge, yet they can’t graduate from their institutions of religious theology to apply the knowledge they have gained for the shifting of Zion---- from words to action; from comfort to uncomfortable; from self serving to self giving; from competition to supporting; to tradition to unity; from bias to acceptance; from me to us.”

“Truth changes with the season of our emotions. It is the shadow that moves with the phases of our inner sun. When the nights falls, only our perception can guess where it hides in the dark. Within every solar system of the soul lies a plan of what truth is--- the design God has created, in our own unique story. This is as varying as the constellations, and as turning as the tide. It is not one truth we live to, but many. If we ever hope to determine if there is such a thing as truth, apart from cultural and personal preferences, we must acknowledge that we are then aiming to discover something greater than ourselves, something that transcends culture and individual inclinations. Some say that we must look beyond ourselves and outside of ourselves. However, we don’t need to look farther than what is already in each other. If there was any great plan from a higher power it is a simplistic, repetitious theme found in all religions; the basic core importance to unity comes from shared theological and humanistic virtues. Beyond the synagogue, mosques, temples, churches, missionary work, church positions and religious rituals comes a simple “message of truth” found in all of us, that binds theology---holistic virtues combined with purpose is the foundation of spiritual evolution. The diversity among us all is not divided truth, but the opportunity for unity through these shared values. Truth is the framework and roadmap of positive virtues. It unifies diversity when we choose to see it and use it. It is simple message often lost among the rituals, cultural traditions and socializing that goes on behind the chapel doors of any religion or spiritual theology. As we fight among ourselves about what religion, culture or race is right, we often lose site of the simple message any great orator has whispered through time----a simplistic story explaining the importance of virtues, which magically reemphasizes the importance of loving one another through service.”

“Have I, have you, been too silent? Is there an easy crime of silence?”

Silence Responsibility Crime Activism Complicity

Author:Carl Sandburg

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who is for or against it.”

Activism

Author:Malcolm X

“While most activists could use a good dose of gentleness, I think most believers could use a good dose of holy anger.”

Love Activism Holy Anger

Book:The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

Source: The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

“The longer you wait for the future, the shorter it will be.”

Life Advice Activism

Author:Loesje

“An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want to hear.”

Art Civilization Survival Anger Angry Bills Hunger Activism Hungry Social Responsibility Artists Supply And Demand Angry Young Man Potboilers

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“If not you, who? If not now, when? The worst thing well-meaning people can do is simply let things remain as they are.”

Activism

Book:The Mandala Maneuver

Source: The Mandala Maneuver

“The greatest work you will ever do is charity; the most divine work you will ever do will be changing people’s perception of God, while you’re doing charity.”

Causes Example Integrity Charity Activism Helping Others Charitable Random Acts Of Kindness Missionary Work Bringing Peace Showing Love God S Work Service Projects Great Works Divine Work Giving Hope Showing Peace Turning Lives Around

Author:Shannon L. Alder

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