truth

 

 

 

If the truth shall kill them, let them die.

Immanuel Kant

peace

 

If peace means keeping my mouth shut in the midst of injustice and evil, I don't want it. If peace means a willingness to be exploited economically, dominated politically, and humiliated and segregated, I don't want peace.

Martin Luther King, jr

nation

 

 

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.

Martin Luther King, jr

freedom

 

 

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor.

Martin Luther King, Jr

betrayal

 

 

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

Martin Luther King, Jr

responsibility

 

 

 

One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

Martin Luther King, Jr

justice

 

 

Justice too long delayed is justice denied.

Martin Luther King, Jr

measure

 

 

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr

mindfulness

 

 

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.Sylvia Boorstein

consequences

 

 

 

If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions.

John Green

opportunities

 

 

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

William Arthur Ward

reject

 

 

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

George Orwell, 1984

love

 

 

 

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

John Updike

power

 

 

The power to love, to forgive, to extend a helping hand, to change, to accept, to encourage - these are the things that matter most in life.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

change

 

 

Change is only possible, and all the greater, when the labor and bitter anger of our neighbors is moved by the love and better angels of our nature.

Amanda Gorman

wicked

 

 

 

The wicked become even worse when they are tolerated.

Tolstoy

drive out

 

 

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

ignorance

 

 

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

James Baldwin

peace

 

 

may peace prevail on earth

and in me

wisdom

 

 

 

Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.

Carl Jung