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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

Writer and social activist Grace Paley once said in a workshop that the first step for writers who want to make a difference in the world “is to get over yourselves. The duty of a writer is to listen to the stories of the powerless and tell those stories to the powerful." — David Oliver Relin

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

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

Capitalism has defeated communism. It is now well on its way to defeating democracy. — David Korten

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. — Muhammad Ali

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