Hyun

Add friend

Hyun’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (0)

currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (2)

did-not-finish‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Hyun is Currently Reading

Hyun rated a book really liked it

The Book of Love (Magdalene Line Trilogy, #2)

by Kathleen McGowan (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Feb 08, 2012 06:54PM

“It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, "Wait on time.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

tags: bad-people, change, generations, good-people, indifference, repentance, silence, social-justice, social-movements, violence, vitriol

247 likes

“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better.”
― Georg Lichtenberg

tags: change, social-justice

166 likes

“For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

tags: inspirational, social-justice

430 likes

“The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you into eternity.”
― Marcus Garvey

tags: activism, belief, integrity, social-justice

304 likes

“Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when soldiers refuse to fight, when workers refuse to load weapons onto ships and aircraft, when people boycott the economic outposts of Empire that are strung across the globe. ”
― Arundhati Roy, Public Power in the Age of Empire

tags: anti-imperialism, anti-war, civil-disobedience, non-violence, social-justice

239 likes

More of Hyun’s quotes…