"A growing number of Muslims in America, more than 40 percent are African-American"

“There is no happiness in the world equal to the happiness of being good.”

“Though man's feeling for the other-worldly often has recourse to solitude, solitude does not foster its development; rather, it is nourished by communion, to which the church is more propitious than the cemetery.”

“What good is a prepared body if you have a scattered mind?”

“I think the mystery of art lies in this, that artists’ relationship is essentially with their work — not with power, not with profit, not with themselves, not even with their audience.”

“A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding....”

“If you're not happy, if you're not Emmersonianly happy and think everything's going to get better, then you're just sort of a dark animal.”

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“Someone is always fighting for something, and they're always fighting for something better. Now, how that gets done is the true question.”

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“This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. So don’t be afraid of the anguish you feel, or the anger or fear, because these responses arise from the depth of your caring and the truth of your interconnectedness with all beings.”

Source : Joanna Macy, Norbert Gahbler (2006). “Pass it On: Five Stories That Can Change the World”, p.105, Parallax Press