A Quote from Martin Luther King

“One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions. Today, our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.”

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Fear Yourself

"Never lose your self-respect or grow too familiar with yourself. Let your own integrity keep you righteous. You should owe more to the severity of your own judgment than to all external precepts. Avoid what is indecorous, not because others will judge you harshly, but because you fear your own prudence. Grow to fear yourself and you will have no need of Seneca's imaginary witness."

Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián. Trans. Christopher Maurer.
 (Seneca's imaginary witness is your own conscience.)

Quotes for Earth Day

Only when the last tree has died 

and the last river been poisoned

and the last fish been caught

will we realize we cannot eat money.   
- Cree Indian Proverb

The earth is what we all have in common. 

- Wendell Berry Author, farmer, cultural critic 

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children.
- Native American Proverb


Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need,
but not every man's greed.
- Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948


To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
- William Blake Poet, painter 1757-1827