"And I think that's what our world is desperately in need of - lovers, people who are building deep, genuine relationships with fellow strugglers along the way, and who actually know the faces of the people behind the issues they are concerned about."

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Source : "The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical". Book by Shane Claiborne, February 1, 2006.

Shane Claiborne

#Thinking Quotes #Our World Quotes #Issues Quotes

“Dad trusted people based on their spirit and their handshake.”
“The death rate is a fact; anything beyond this is an inference.”
“Which would you part with first -- your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?”
“All through nature, you will find the same law. First the need, then the means.”
“I've been to Cardiff a few times but I'd love to get to Wembley. My son is six or seven years old and I'd love to take him to Wembley to watch Liverpool.”
“Insect resistance to a pesticide was first reported in 1947 for the Housefly (Musca domestica) with respect to DDT. Since then resistance to one or more pesticides has been reported in at least 225 species of insects and other arthropods. The genetic variants required for resistance to the most diverse kinds of pesticides were apparently present in every one of the populations exposed to these man-made compounds.”
“The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.”
“Sometimes peace looks like war, you cannot tell them apart.”

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