Photo found here. Albert Camus 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960 “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” “There are causes worth dying for, butContinue reading “Five Quotes from Albert Camus”
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Five Quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was of course a German theologian and pastor who was anti-war and anti-Nazi and ultimately was executed by the Nazis for his involvement in the group known as Abwehr. I’ve read that in a last act of humiliation he was forced to walk entirelyContinue reading “Five Quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer”
Five Quotes from Pete Seeger
Image found here. “I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or how I voted in any election, or any of these private affairs.” “I am saying voluntarily that I have sung for almost every religious group in the country, from JewishContinue reading “Five Quotes from Pete Seeger”
Five Quotes on Peace, Love, and Kindness…and why I think we need more of it
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” The Dalai Lama . I cried today. I haven’t done that in a while. My mind—and heart—are still reeling from the recent shootings in the movie theater in Colorado. What a horrific, selfish, and senseless act. I still cannot believe this actually happenedContinue reading “Five Quotes on Peace, Love, and Kindness…and why I think we need more of it”
Five Quotes from Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967 “Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.” “Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don’t changeContinue reading “Five Quotes from Woody Guthrie”
Five Quotes from Ray Bradbury
Photo Credit: Steve Castillo/Associated Press Ray Douglas Bradbury August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012 “Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.” “StuffContinue reading “Five Quotes from Ray Bradbury”
Five Quotes from Harvey Milk
Photo Found Here Harvey Bernard Milk May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978 “All men are created equal. Now matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about.” “I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. And you…AndContinue reading “Five Quotes from Harvey Milk”
Five Quotes from Rumi
Photo found here. “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?” “What you seek is seeking you.” “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.” “Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” “Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames” Continue reading “Five Quotes from Rumi”
Five Quotes from George Harrison
Image found here. “I wanted to be successful, not famous.” “The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them.” “Try to realize it’s all within yourself no one else can make you change, and to see you’re only very smallContinue reading “Five Quotes from George Harrison”
Five Quotes from Lao Tzu
Sixth century BC depiction of Lao Tzu, found here. Lao Tzu at wikipedia.Tao Te Ching at wikipedia.Read the Tao Te Ching online. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” “Be content with what you have; rejoice inContinue reading “Five Quotes from Lao Tzu”
Five Quotes from Mary Oliver
Photo credit: Josh Reynolds I have to admit that I was not familiar with the poems of Mary Oliver before this morning. I am currently reading the book, Falling-Upward: Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, by Richard Rohr, when I came across this quote that he had sited: Tell me, what is it youContinue reading “Five Quotes from Mary Oliver”
Five Quotes from John Muir
Photo Credit: National Park Service John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914) “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” “God has cared forContinue reading “Five Quotes from John Muir”
Five Quotes from Frederick Buechner
(Carl) Frederick Buechner “What we hunger for perhaps more than anything else is to be known in our full humanness, and yet that is often just what we also fear more than anything else. It is important to tell at least from time to time the secret of who we truly and fully are .Continue reading “Five Quotes from Frederick Buechner”
Five Quotes from Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson; April 4, 1928 I posted the below quotes nearly two years ago. Often when I re-post quotes I will change them up a bit. But these move me still. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” Continue reading “Five Quotes from Maya Angelou”
Five Quotes from Robert Zimmerman
Fifty years and two days ago Bob Dylan’s first LP was released. I find this amazing…five decades and he still influences new audiences. When that album came out I was not quite five months old, and some twenty years later I became a fan of his music. Now, after the span of more years myContinue reading “Five Quotes from Robert Zimmerman”
Five Quotes from Jack Kerouac
Image found here. Jean-Louis “Jack” Kerouac March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969 I can say with all seriousness that the first time that I read On The Road, and later The Dharma Bums, it changed my life; changed my way of thinking. I was in college at the time (culinary school) and myContinue reading “Five Quotes from Jack Kerouac”
Five Quotes from Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) Click here for the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development. “Each person must live their life as a model for others.” “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be doneContinue reading “Five Quotes from Rosa Parks”
Five Quotes from W.E.B. Du Boise
To read more about W.E.B. Du Boise, click here; to read more about the Niagara Movement, click here. To read more in the Five Quotes series, click here. “One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember thatContinue reading “Five Quotes from W.E.B. Du Boise”
Five Quotes That Inspire Me
“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” —Albert Einstein “A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all. No man can serve two masters. Your life is shaped by the end you live for. You are made in the image of what you desire.” —Thomas Merton “Non-violence beginsContinue reading “Five Quotes That Inspire Me”
Five Quotes from Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass February 1818 – February 20, 1895 “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” “It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We needContinue reading “Five Quotes from Frederick Douglass”
Urban Simplicty 