700 Quotes About Activism

One of the most important skills we can develop for collapse is thecapacity to listen.

Our ailing planet needs spiritual warriors, ones capable of standing up to the Western materialism machine, so we can create sustainable societies that care for their citizens, harmonize with the cycles of nature, and receive and honor the vast healing light that quietly connects us all.

I think the church is often a culprit in the busyness, especially in the evangelical church. Again, it's part of being Americans. Part of being evangelicals too is that we're highly activist. We are always diving in, willing to solve problems, and again there's a lot good there. But we also need the theological balance that the Kingdom is not ours to bring or ours to create.

I am saying that there is a time to do, and a time not to do, and that when we are slave to the habit of doing we are unable to distinguish between them.

Fundamentally, what all forms of positive thinking about collapse come down to is our own fear of death.

Could it be that following our initiatory path and connecting with higher source wisdom might actually be one of our species’ best defense systems?

From this perspective, we were all divine Shakespeares, creating and playing the roles of muscled heroes and conniving villains, pious saints and debauched sinners, corrupt CEOs and disinterested temp workers.

Maybe the same essential download was also being delivered to other people—a massive, compassionate battalion of us—at the same time.

Christ wasn’t only a yogi; he was an activist, carrying his message to those who most needed it.