"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them:
	that's the essence of inhumanity."

	"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much;
	it is whether we provide for those who have too little."	

	"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."	

	“As Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel astutely suggested, prophets are more interested in knowing what they see
	than in seeing what they know. Do we see the tragedy of the wealthiest nation in the world failing
	to provide health insurance for its most vulnerable citizens?” 

	"An effective form of premium branding rather than a science, a slogan rather than better nutrition,
	'organic' has oozed over the menus, markets and malls of the world’s upscale neighborhood
	at a remarkable pace."

	“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world.
	We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary
	assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make
	the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.”
	

	"Peace cannot be achieved through violence,
	it can only be attained through understanding." 

	"Indeed, a quick glance around this broken world makes it painfully obvious
	that we don't need more arguments on behalf of God; we need more people who
	live as if they are in covenant with Unconditional Love, which is our best
	definition of God." 
		

	“It is better that scandals arise than that truth be silenced.”	

	"Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand,
	but the passages that bother me are those I do understand."
    

	"Courage is fear that has said its prayers."

	"Peace starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace
	with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that
	peace with neighboring communities, and so on. When we feel love and kindness toward
	others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to
	develop inner happiness and peace." 	

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