There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

ELIE WIESEL

The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.

Robert Swan.  

There is a straight line between love and suffering.  If we love greatly, it is fairly certain we will soon suffer, because we have somehow given up control to another.  That is my simple definition of suffering: whenever we are not in control. 

Richard Rohr

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life.  It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

Norman Cousins