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Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau

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Jan 31, 2026 03:37PM

“The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

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“Gracious God, I can talk myself out of a generous impulse by saying, “What’s the point?” A few coins to a panhandler, a listening ear to a chronic complainer or a word of encouragement to a grieving friend seem so inadequate in the face of need. Yet you ask love from us, not efficiency or effectiveness. Help me to see a brother or a sister rather than a statistic, and help me respond with a more generous heart. Amen.”
― Mark Neilsen, Pope Francis: Living Lent with Passion: Encouragement and Daily Prayers

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“Paul Lawrence Dunbar reveals another reality. We wear the mask that grins and lies,   It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,   This debt we pay to human guile;   With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,   And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be over-wise,   In counting all our tears and sighs?   Nay, let them only see us, while   We wear the mask. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries   To thee from tortured souls arise.   We sing, but oh the clay is vile   Beneath our feet, and long the mile;   But let the world dream otherwise,   We wear the mask!308”
― Eleazar S Fernandez, Teaching for a Culturally Diverse and Racially Just World

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“i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that”
― Rupi Kaur

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“We prayed earnestly that God would bless our land and would confound the machinations of the children of darkness. There had been so many moments in the past, during the dark days of apartheid’s vicious awfulness, when we had preached, “This is God’s world and God is in charge!” Sometimes, when evil seemed to be on the rampage and about to overwhelm goodness, one had held on to this article of faith by the skin of one’s teeth. It was a kind of theological whistling in the dark and one was frequently tempted to whisper in God’s ear, “For goodness’ sake, why don’t You make it more obvious that You are in charge?”
― Desmond Tutu, No Future Without Forgiveness

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