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We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.


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There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in.



When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.



Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.



Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.



You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.

You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. You can't be neutral.



If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.



Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.



To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.

To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice.



Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.



You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.





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You will leave now, " said Grdankl the Strong. "Go! Do not be afraid! If you die, it is okay!



Win or lose, I'll feel good about myself. That's what is important.

Win or lose, I'll feel good about myself. That's what is important.



'Ms.' is a syllable which sounds like a bumble bee is breaking wind.

'Ms.' is a syllable which sounds like a bumble bee is breaking wind.



The best that you can do for your mind is to have no in-between state in your heart.

The best that you can do for your mind is to have no in-between state in your heart.



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Who the hell uses a burner cell phone when they're not trying to hide something? [..] Only dope dealers, and Hell's Angels, and Tony Soprano use burner cell phones.



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A person is a process, one that leads to death.



If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, you're the love that I've looked for, come with me and escape.

If you like making love at midnight in the dunes of the cape, you're the love that I've looked for, come with me and escape.



Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.

Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.



My struggle isn't believing my performance can earn God's favor; my struggle is believing my performance can keep God's favor

My struggle isn't believing my performance can earn God's favor; my struggle is believing my performance can keep God's favor



Thrust your head into the public street, to gaze on Christian fools with varnish'd faces.

Thrust your head into the public street, to gaze on Christian fools with varnish'd faces.




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