“It is not difficult to be a revolutionary when revolution has already broken out and is in spate, when all people are joining the revolution just because they are carried away, because it is the vogue, and sometimes even from careerist motives. It is far more difficult--and far more precious--to be a revolutionary when the conditions for direct, open, really mass and really revolutionary struggle do not yet exist.” PeopleSometimesDifficultStruggleConditionsBrokenRevolutionMassDirectRevolutionaryMotiveJoiningVogueCarried Away Author:Vladimir Lenin
“Red has been praised for its nobility of the color of life. But the true color of life is not red. Red is the color of violence, or of life broken open, edited, and published. Or if red is indeed the color of life, it is so only on condition that it is not seen. Once fully visible, red is the color of life violated, and in the act of betrayal and of waste.” IfsHas BeensLife IsViolenceConditionsColorBrokenWasteRedBetrayalVisibleNobilityEditedTrue ColorsColors Of Life Author:Alice Meynell
“Prayer is talking to something or anything with which we seek union, even if we are bitter or insane or broken. (In fact, these are probably the best possible conditions under which to pray.) Prayer is taking a chance that against all odds and past history, we are loved and chosen, and do not have to get it together before we show up.” IfsFactsShowsTogetherPastChancePrayerTalkingConditionsBrokenPrayingUnionsChosenInsaneBitterOddsAgainst All OddsGet It Together Book:Help, Thanks, Wow Source: Help, Thanks, Wow
“In brief, we have no explicit family policy but instead have a haphazard patchwork of institutions and programs designed mostly under crisis conditions, whether the crisis is national in scope (such as a recession ) or personal (such as a break-up of a particular family).” FamilyBreakConditionsPolicyParticularBrokenProgramCrisisInstitutionsScopeRecessionsExplicitHaphazardPatchwork Book:All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure