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“On popular issues like poverty and slavery, where Christians are likely to be applauded for our social action, we are quick to stand up and speak out. Yet on controversial issues like homosexuality and abortion, where Christians are likely to be criticized for our involvement, we are content to sit down and stay quiet.”

Action Christian Speak Social Poverty Issues Quiet Down And Slavery Abortion Homosexuality Involvement Controversial Speaks Out Social Action Controversial Issues

Book:Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age

Source: Counter Culture: Following Christ in an Anti-Christian Age

“Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness.”

Mind Care Spirit Prayer Issues Meditation Quiet Daughter Charity Calm Seats Stillness Our Thoughts Recollection Tempest Meekness

Book:The Beauties of J. Taylor: Selected from His Works with an Essay on His Life and Writings

Source: The Beauties of J. Taylor: Selected from His Works with an Essay on His Life and Writings

“Maybe a young woman will go see a show by a woman, or starring a woman about women's issues, and that will help her get to that quiet place inside of herself where she can then explore what it means to be a woman to her.”

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Author:Laura Benanti

“Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues - both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.”

People Should Heart Government Issues Politician Quiet Concerned China Disrespectful

Author:Ai Weiwei

“Civilizations grow by agreements and accomodations and accretions, not by repudiations. The rebels and the revolutionaries are only eddies, they keep the stream from getting stagnant but they get swept down and absorbed, they're a side issue. Quiet desperation is another name for the human condition. If revolutionaries would learn that they can't remodel society by day after tomorrow -- haven't the wisdom to and shouldn't be permitted to -- I'd have more respect for them ... Civilizations grow and change and decline -- they aren't remade.”

“Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.”

Inspirational Stills Use Problem Running Sound Voice Issues Sweet Truth Is Quiet Demand Modest Outdated

Book:Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Source: Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead