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.	hate love philosophy inspirational opposite indifference activism apathy	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.	attributed-no-source world change life philosophy inspirational activism	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.	sacrifice inspirational activism healing justice	Martin Luther King Jr.
7a63f51	Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.	perseverance change inspirational activism	Ovid
942b46f	Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight.	inspirational activism song-lyrics protest	Bob Marley
aa14207	The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.	truth-telling inspirational activism dissent protest	Kurt Cobain
86634cd	People would rather believe than know.	inspirational activism environment animals	Edward O. Wilson
a4ba121	There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.	inspirational effectiveness activism	Henry David Thoreau
854b1ce	Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached.	inspirational activism	Swami Vivekananda
0168bc6	If I look at the mass I will never act.	inspirational activism apathy genocide helplessness 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.	poverty activism evil	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."	rage politics demonstration spectacle activism modernism artifice protest	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.	courage activism hard-choices determination	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.

hate love philosophy inspirational opposite indifference activism apathy

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.

attributed-no-source world change life philosophy inspirational activism

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.

sacrifice inspirational activism healing justice

Martin Luther King Jr.

7a63f51

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

perseverance change inspirational activism

Ovid

942b46f

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

inspirational activism song-lyrics protest

Bob Marley

aa14207

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.

truth-telling inspirational activism dissent protest

Kurt Cobain

86634cd

People would rather believe than know.

inspirational activism environment animals

Edward O. Wilson

a4ba121

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

inspirational effectiveness activism

Henry David Thoreau

854b1ce

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

inspirational activism

Swami Vivekananda

0168bc6

If I look at the mass I will never act.

inspirational activism apathy genocide helplessness 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.

poverty activism evil

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."

rage politics demonstration spectacle activism modernism artifice protest

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.

courage activism hard-choices determination

Naomi Novik