Tag: #1linerWeds

One-Liner Wednesday: environmental justice

“Today, however, we have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.”
— Pope Francis, Laudato Si’ paragraph 49
(In preparation for the upcoming Paris climate talks, I am sharing some quotes from the papal encyclical.)

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One-Liner Wednesday: saint or communist?

When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.  

–Dom Helder Camara
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One-Liner Wednesday: R&R

“Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.”
— Leonardo da Vinci

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One-Liner Wednesday: Richard Rohr on myth, poetry, and art

“Rather than orient you toward solving a problem, they [myth, poetry, and art] turn your focus toward naked being itself, that deeper level of meaning, purpose, and inner vitality–that deep well from which we draw all our enduring energies.”
– Richard Rohr, from his Daily Meditation, September 27, 2015

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One-Liner Wednesday: Maya Angelou quote

“I can be changed by what happens to me but I refused to be reduced by it.”
– Maya Angelou

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One-Liner Wednesday: Muir quote

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike.”
– John Muir

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One-Liner Wednesday: change

“Every change of mind is first of all a change of heart.”
— The 14th Dalai Lama

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One-Liner Wednesday: theory and practice

“In theory, there is no difference between practice and theory. In practice, there is.”
– Attributed to Yogi Berra, but probably not by him
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/berra/practicetheory.asp#CHAyqP6utPsWQgoM.99 

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One-Liner Wednesday: Stephen Colbert on failing

“You gotta learn to love when you’re failing.… The embracing of that, the discomfort of failing in front of an audience, leads you to penetrate through the fear that blinds you.”
– Stephen Colbert, from the GQ interview http://www.gq.com/story/stephen-colbert-gq-cover-story

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One-Liner Wednesday: Women’s Equality Day (USA)

“As we celebrate the last 95 years of progress in advancing women’s rights, let us rededicate ourselves to the idea that our nation is not yet complete: there is still work to do to secure the blessings of our country for every American daughter.”
– President Barack Obama, from the declaration of today, August 26, 2015, as Women’s Equality Day in the United States, in recognition of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, barring sex discrimination in voting rights.

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