"It is not enough to be compassionate, we must act."

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Dalai Lama

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“The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.”
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”

Source : "Peace Behind Bars: A Peacemaking Priest's Journey from Jail". Book by Father John Dear, 1995.
“Let's face it - think of Africa, and the first images that come to mind are of war, poverty, famine and flies. How many of us really know anything at all about the truly great ancient African civilizations, which in their day, were just as splendid and glorious as any on the face of the earth?”
“I did an event in Washington, and it was like we lifted a sea.Immediately after [9/11], there was a stunned shock - kind of this feeling of "What do we do now?" I started performing, and there was a catharsis in the laughing. People started to be able to laugh again. Laughter can be many things - sometimes a medicine, sometimes a weapon, depending on.”
“We're all idealistic when young.”

Source : Pat Oliphant, Harry L. Katz, Sara Day, Library of Congress (1998). “Oliphant's Anthem”, p.23, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an element of control, taking things apart and putting them back together. It's a very tedious task. You can be alone and create a world for yourself.”
“I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.”
“I am the image maker, I am the magic maker, I can turn the most ordinary man in the world into a star.”

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