"If the road to social transformation can be paved only by saints who never make mistakes, the road will NEVER be built."

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Source : "Bridging the gap between environmental and social justice" by Lauren Rabaino, mustangnews.net. April 4, 2008.

Van Jones

#Mistake Quotes #Saint Quotes #Transformation Quotes

“Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon”
“For the present you can just call me the Kingfish.”
“Put bluntly, the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it in practice. We say we believe that the fundamental structure of reality is grace, not works - but our lives refute our faith.”
“The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.”
“I started finding hearts in things - whether it was like, a tree I was passing, a straw wrapper on the ground; I think the heart has one continuous line, which is very powerful.”
“I have a lot of interests.”
“We are in the extreme centre, the radical middle. That is our position.”
“Leaving wasn't a personal thing where I intentionally wanted to stick it to management or anyone. This is business. I felt I should have been rewarded for helping the Indians turn around a half century of losing. It was a shame they decided to treat me that way, after all I did for them. I helped this team go from one-hundred six losses to basically one-hundred six wins and into the World Series. And what do I get for it? Nothing.”

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