Author: ppadmin

War is as outmoded as cannibalism, chattel slavery, blood feuds, and dueling, an insult to God and humanity . . . and a daily crucifixion of Christ. — Muriel Lester

What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, you cannot say, or guess, for you know only a heap of broken images. These fragments I have shored against my ruins. — T.S. Eliot

Almost everything in the last two years [since Barack Obama’s election] has made it clear that in American in 2010, the patterns that began in the 17th century are still all-too-much with us, and will be with us, until we figure out what it means . . . [as] Martin King [was] constantly saying to us, “America, you must be born again!” — Vincent Harding

The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When God created the creation, he inscribed upon the Throne, “My Mercy overpowers My wrath.” — Imam Bukhari and Muslim b. al-Hajjaj

Low motives sometimes bait traps with high ideals. — author unknown

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu walked by a construction site on a temporary sidewalk the width of one person. A white man appeared at the other end, recognized Tutu, and said, "I don't make way for gorillas." At which Tutu stepped aside, made a deep sweeping gesture, and said, "Ah, yes, but I do." — Walter Wink

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. — Simone Weil

We are all meant to be mothers of God. — Meister Eckhart

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. — Eleanor Roosevelt

One filled with joy preaches without preaching. — Mother Teresa