by Susan | May 1, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
May 1, 1837 “Mother” Jones “My business is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” May 4, 1796 Horace Mann “Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor...
by Susan | Apr 24, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
April 24, 1934 Shirley MacLaine “Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. It’s where all the fruit is.” April 26, 1889 Ludwig Wittgenstein “A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that’s unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it...
by Susan | Apr 17, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
April 21, 1939 Helen Prejean “The profound moral question is not, “Do they deserve to die?” but “Do we deserve to kill them?” April 21, 1941 Juan Somavía “Decent work is at the heart of the search for dignity for the individual, stability...
by Susan | Apr 10, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
April 11, 1941 Ellen Goodman “I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.” April 13, 1957 Amy Goodman...
by Susan | Apr 3, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
April 4, 1928 Maya Angelou “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” April 6, 1866 Lincoln Steffens “We need some great failures. Especially we...
by Susan | Mar 27, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
March 27, 1950 Julia Alvarez “The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” March 29, 1918 Pearl Bailey “Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.” March 31, 1927 César Chávez...
