Simone Weil

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

Meister Eckhart

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

Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Mother Teresa

One filled with joy preaches without preaching. — Mother Teresa

Cheyenne proverb

A people is never defeated until the hearts of the women are on the ground. — Cheyenne proverb

Charles Finney, nineteenth century evangelist

Revivals are hindered when ministers and churches take wrong ground in regard to any question to any question involving human rights. — Charles Finney, nineteenth century evangelist

Leonard Pitts

...in a 2010 survey by the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institute, which found that 44% of us believe bigotry against whites is a significant problem. Among tea party followers, the number rises to 61%. The Census Bureau says that by mid-century there will no longer be such a thing as a racial majority. — Leonard Pitts

Will Rogers

Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is. — Will Rogers

U.N. Convention Against Torture

No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability, or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture. — U.N. Convention Against Torture