by Susan | Mar 8, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
March 8, 1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. “Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.” March 8, 1931 Neil Postman “At its best, schooling can be about how to make...
by Susan | Mar 1, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
March 2, 1904 Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Dr. Seuss” “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” March 3, 1840 Chief Joseph “The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should...
by Susan | Feb 22, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
February 26, 1802 Victor Hugo “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” February 27, 1897 Marian Anderson “As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise...
by Susan | Feb 15, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
February 15, 1564 Galileo Galilei “The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” February 18, 1934 Audre Lorde “When we speak we are afraid...
by Susan | Feb 7, 2015 | 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 7, 1979 Tawakkol Karman “All ideologies, beliefs, laws and charters produced by the...
by Susan | Feb 1, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
February 4, 1906 Dietrich Bonhoeffer “We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.” February 4, 1913 Rosa Parks “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is...
