“Just because someone isn’t willing or able to love us, it doesn’t mean that we are unlovable.”
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: Rising Strong
“If love means anything at all it means extending your hand to the unlovable.”
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“Peace with justice means extending a hand to those who reach for freedom, wherever they live.”
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2013, Brandenburg Gate Speech (June 2013)
Context: Peace with justice means extending a hand to those who reach for freedom, wherever they live. Different peoples and cultures will follow their own path, but we must reject the lie that those who live in distant places don’t yearn for freedom and self-determination just like we do; that they don’t somehow yearn for dignity and rule of law just like we do. We cannot dictate the pace of change in places like the Arab world, but we must reject the excuse that we can do nothing to support it.
Stella Vine (1969) English artist
Billen, Andrew. "I Made More Money As A Stripper..." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article445303.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2, (2004-06-15) <br class="br">On fame.
Simisola Kosoko (1988) Nigerian singer and songwriter
Source: https://amp/s/www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/simi-speaks-with-pulse-nigeria-interview/wjmypg8.amp Simi during an Interview with Pulse Nigeria
Grigoriy Ordzhonikidze (1886–1937) Soviet politician
Quoted in "Soviet Daghestan in foreign historiography" - Page 60 - by M. A. Daniyalov - Dagestan (Russia) – 1982
Donald Miller book Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality
Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)
“Freedom of the Press,
if it means anything at all,
means the freedom
to criticize and oppose”
George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist
Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer
Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"
“To pray means to open your hands before God.”
Henri Nouwen (1932–1996) Dutch priest and writer
With Open Hands (1972)
Context: To pray means to open your hands before God. It means slowly relaxing the tension which squeezes your hands together and accepting your existence with an increasing readiness, not as a possession to defend, but as a gift to receive. Above all, prayer is a way of life which allows you to find a stillness in the midst of the world where you open your hands to God’s promises and find hope for yourself, your neighbor and your world. In prayer, you encounter God not only in the small voice and the soft breeze, but also in the midst of the turmoil of the world, in the distress and joy of your neighbor and in the loneliness of your own heart.
