“I am larger than I thought. I did not know I held so much goodness.” Walt Whitman

“For you will never be what you ought to be until they are what they ought to be.” Martin Luther King.

“All hearts are tempted to grow numb, to withdraw and tuck in as if about to roost for the long night. We must not allow this to happen.” Rick Bass, courtesy of @tricyclemag.bsky.social

“However the seed is planted, in that way the fruit is gathered. Good things come from doing good deeds, bad things come from doing bad deeds.” Samyutta Nikaya 11.10.
“There is no way to peace, peace is the way.” A J Muste

“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is there’s no ground.” Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
In Buddhism, accepting and cultivating a healthy relationship with Śūnyatā/emptiness/groundlessness is a source of fulfilment rather than nihilism.

“We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we must attack that way of life.” A J Muste

“Just like drops of water over time can fill a jug, so wholesome thoughts and intentions when cultivated over time will bear fruit.” The Buddha
“When love is the ground of our being, a love ethic shapes shapes our participation in politics.” bell hooks

“Violence never ceases through hatred. It is only through love that it ceases.” The Buddha.
“The practice of violence, like all action changes the world, but the most probable change is to a more violent world.” Hannah Arendt