by Susan | Feb 7, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
February 7, 1909 Dom Hélder Pessoa Câmara “When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist.” February 11, 1916 Florynce Kennedy “Sweetie, if you’re not living on the edge, then...
by Susan | Jan 31, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
January 31, 1915 Thomas Merton “What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and without it, all the rest are not only useless, but...
by Susan | Jan 24, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
January 24, 1932 Henri Jozef Machiel Nouwen “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our...
by Susan | Jan 17, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
January 18, 1925 Gilles Deleuze “A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.” January 19, 1969 Edwidge Danticat “Pretend that this is a time of miracles and we believe in them.”...
by Susan | Jan 10, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays, Uncategorized
January 11, 1885 Alice Paul “When you put your hand to the plow, you can’t put it down until you get to the end of the row.” January 11, 1907 Abraham Joshua Heschel “A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love...
by Susan | Jan 3, 2016 | peacemaker birthdays
January 4, 1746 Benjamin Rush “Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights, and where learning is confined to a few people, liberty can be neither equal nor universal.” January 7, 1891...
