“We must now surrender to the obligation to understand and to care. We must surrender ourselves to becoming conscious, thinking members of the human race. We must put down the temptation to powerlessness and surrender to the questions of the moment.” ThinkingHumansMomentsCareRaceKnowledgeBecomingMembersConsciousSurrenderObligationTemptationHuman RacePowerlessness Author:Joan D. Chittister
“The member of a culture ... purposely avoids the relationship of intimacy; he wants the object somehow depicted and fictionalized. ... He is embarrassed when this is taken out of its context of proper sentiments and presented bare, for he feels that this is a reintrusion of that world which his whole conscious effort has sought to banish. Forms and conventions are the ladder of ascent. And hence the speechlessness of the man of culture when he beholds the barbarian tearing aside some veil which is half adornment, half concealment.” MenWorldWantFeelsWholeFormCultureEffortHalfTakenObjectsHe ManMembersConsciousIntimacySentimentsConventionsEmbarrassedVeilsLaddersBarbariansAscentConcealmentAdornment Author:Richard M. Weaver
“My grandmother was also an active member of the tenants association and a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party, and both of my parents were extremely liberal, so I think I grew up in a household that was very politically conscious - we all watched the elections on TV, and we watched the debates. So it was an awareness that we were raised with, and as we grew into young adults, we just naturally became politically active. It was just understood that it was important, that it was our responsibility.” ThinkingImportantYoungParentPartyResponsibilityAwarenessTvsGrewMembersGrew UpConsciousUnderstoodAdultsElectionDemocraticRaisedYoung AdultActiveDebateGrandmotherAssociationHouseholdSupporterMy GrandmotherDemocratic PartyTenants Author:Scarlett Johansson
“Having lots of members of my family who were in ministry in one form or another, I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that at quite an early age, I was very, very conscious personally of the love of God.” AgeFormMembersConsciousMy FamilyGod LoveSurprisingMinistry Author:N. T. Wright