activism

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
33b4ee4	The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.	activism apathy hate indifference inspirational love opposite philosophy	Elie Wiesel
b6e2a4a	Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.	activism attributed-no-source change inspirational life philosophy world	Margaret Mead
644fbac	As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.	activism healing inspirational justice sacrifice	Martin Luther King Jr.
7a63f51	Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.	activism change inspirational perseverance	Ovid
942b46f	Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.	inspirational protest song-lyrics activism	Bob Marley
aa14207	The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.	activism dissent inspirational protest truth-telling	Kurt Cobain
86634cd	People would rather believe than know.	activism animals environment inspirational	Edward O. Wilson
a4ba121	There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.	effectiveness inspirational activism	Henry David Thoreau
854b1ce	Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached.	activism inspirational	Swami Vivekananda
0168bc6	If I look at the mass I will never act.	activism apathy genocide helplessness inspirational power	Mother Teresa
49bf4c7	There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve.	activism evil poverty	Henry David Thoreau
101c80e	"What does it mean to demonstrate in the streets, what is the significance of that collective activity so symptomatic of the twentieth century? In stupefaction Ulrich watches the demonstrators from the window; as they reach the foot of the palace, their faces turn up, turn furious, the men brandish their walking sticks, but "a few steps farther, at a bend where the demonstration seemed to scatter into the wings, most of them were already dropping their greasepaint: it would be absurd to keep up the menacing looks where there were no more spectators." In the light of that metaphor, the demonstrators are not men in a rage; they are actors performing rage! As soon as the performance is over they are quick to drop their greasepaint! Later, in the 1960s, philosophers would talk about the modern world in which everything had turned into spectacle: demonstrations, wars, and even love; through this "quick and sagacious penetration" (Fielding), Musil had already long ago discerned the "society of spectacle."	activism artifice demonstration modernism politics protest rage spectacle	Milan Kundera
edadba2	But the world I wanted wasn't the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at one, I would do nothing forever.	activism courage determination hard-choices	Naomi Novik

33b4ee4

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

activism apathy hate indifference inspirational love opposite philosophy

Elie Wiesel

b6e2a4a

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

activism attributed-no-source change inspirational life philosophy world

Margaret Mead

644fbac

As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation -- either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

activism healing inspirational justice sacrifice

Martin Luther King Jr.

7a63f51

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

activism change inspirational perseverance

Ovid

942b46f

Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.

inspirational protest song-lyrics activism

Bob Marley

aa14207

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

activism dissent inspirational protest truth-telling

Kurt Cobain

86634cd

People would rather believe than know.

activism animals environment inspirational

Edward O. Wilson

a4ba121

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.

effectiveness inspirational activism

Henry David Thoreau

854b1ce

Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached.

activism inspirational

Swami Vivekananda

0168bc6

If I look at the mass I will never act.

activism apathy genocide helplessness inspirational power

Mother Teresa

49bf4c7

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve.

activism evil poverty

Henry David Thoreau

101c80e

"What does it mean to demonstrate in the streets, what is the significance of that collective activity so symptomatic of the twentieth century? In stupefaction Ulrich watches the demonstrators from the window; as they reach the foot of the palace, their faces turn up, turn furious, the men brandish their walking sticks, but "a few steps farther, at a bend where the demonstration seemed to scatter into the wings, most of them were already dropping their greasepaint: it would be absurd to keep up the menacing looks where there were no more spectators." In the light of that metaphor, the demonstrators are not men in a rage; they are actors performing rage! As soon as the performance is over they are quick to drop their greasepaint! Later, in the 1960s, philosophers would talk about the modern world in which everything had turned into spectacle: demonstrations, wars, and even love; through this "quick and sagacious penetration" (Fielding), Musil had already long ago discerned the "society of spectacle."

activism artifice demonstration modernism politics protest rage spectacle

Milan Kundera

edadba2

But the world I wanted wasn't the world I lived in, and if I would do nothing until I could repair every terrible thing at one, I would do nothing forever.

activism courage determination hard-choices

Naomi Novik