Quotations

War is not the answer. –Marvin Gaye

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. –Margaret Mead

There are two great lies that I’ve heard: “The day you eat of the fruit of that tree, you will not surely die,” and that Jesus Christ was a white, middle-class Republican. And if you wanna be saved you have to learn to be like Him. –Derek Webb, A King & A Kingdom, Mockingbird.

The 3 greatest essentials in life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. –Joseph Addison

Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship.  –Martin Luther King Jr.

Experience is a comb that nature gives us when we’re bald.  –Chinese Proverb

You can’t fight and win a “war on terror.” Terrorism is a method, not a country or ideology. I once heard it said that fighting a war on terror is like having the flu and declaring a war on sneezing: you’re only attacking the symptoms.  –Omar Al-Rikabi (Sojourners)