Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Preface (December 1960) to The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (1961), p. xix
The Gita for Every Man
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
Preface (December 1960) to The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (1961), p. xix
Henri Nouwen (1932–1996) Dutch priest and writer
Source: With Open Hands (1972)
Context: Prayer leads you to see new paths and to hear new melodies in the air. Prayer is the breath of your life which gives you freedom to go and to stay where you wish and to find the many signs which point out the way to a new land. Praying is not simply some necessary compartment in the daily schedule of a Christian or a source of support in time of need, nor is it restricted to Sunday mornings or mealtimes. Praying is living. It is eating and drinking, action and rest, teaching and learning, playing and working. Praying pervades every aspect of our lives. It is the unceasing recognition that God is wherever we are, always inviting us to come closer and to celebrate the divine gift of being alive.
John Taylor Gatto (1935–2018) American teacher, book author
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
1960s, How Long, Not Long (1965)
Context: I must admit to you that there are still jail cells waiting for us, and dark and difficult moments. But if we will go on with the faith that nonviolence and its power can transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows, we will be able to change all of these conditions. And so I plead with you this afternoon as we go ahead: remain committed to nonviolence. Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding. We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. And that will be a day not of the white man, not of the black man. That will be the day of man as man.
Reza Pahlavi (1960) Last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran
"Peace and Stability in the Middle East and Beyond: A Hostage to Iranian Intransigence and Adventurism." http://www.rezapahlavi.org/details_article.php?article=142&page=4, Oct. 24, 2007. <br class="br">Speeches, 2007
“that as long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Variant: So long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
Jeremy Jackson (scientist) (1942) American marine biologist
Source: How we wrecked the ocean https://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_jackson_how_we_wrecked_the_ocean (April 2010)
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States