"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three
meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds,
and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that
what self-centered men have torn down, other-centered men can build
up.. ...human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable.... We are
now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted
with the fierce urgency of NOW. In this unfolding conundrum of life
and history there is such a thing as being too late.... this is no
time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and
positive action."
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?"
~Kahlil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931).

"How good one feels when one is full - how satisfied with ourselves and with the world! People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained. One feels so forgiving and generous after a substantial and well-digested meal - so noble-minded, so kindly-hearted."
~Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a boat.