Chapter eleven from Shane Claiborne's "The Irresistible Revolution". I've been feeling so uninspired lately, so not a lot again today, but here are a few quotes:
p. 295 “Gandhi said that if he had to choose between a violent person and a coward, he would choose the violent person. For a violent person can be taught to love, but very little can be done with a coward.”
That one was a little unsettling, because I've been feeling like much more of a coward lately than a revolutionary (and certainly moreso than a violent person).
p. 295 Che Guevara “Let me say, at the risk of seeming ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.”
A good quote by Che. If you haven't seen the movie, "The Motorcycle Diaries", you should.
p. 309 “Protestors are everywhere, but I think the world is desperately in need of prophets, those little voices that can point us toward another future. Some of us have spent so much time fighting what we are against that we can barely remember what we are for.”
Um... yeah... what was I fighting for, again?
p. 313 Emma Goldman “If I can’t dance, then it is not my revolution.”
Perhaps the best quote of all, and maybe it's more of a prayer... I would like to make it my prayer:
p. 314 “May the whispers of hope reach the ears of hope-hungry people in the shadows of our world.”
Peace, friends. Revolution.
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