If I choose to keep my opinions and my activism to myself…

“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the…

— Shannon L. Alder

Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise…

— Eve Ensler

“There is no way to tell if we are the pioneers of a visionary new age, whisking humanity into the high vibrations of an…

— Jonathan Talat Phillips

Ya'll know what you need to do? Get together, make a We Are The World record.

— Curtis Jackson

“Until you find a cause you can die for, you are not worthy to live.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type…

— Talib Kweli

Poetry is a lousy form of activism; it doesn't really change much. And maybe we can point to one or two historical times when…

— Daphne Gottlieb

He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so. He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world on his…

— Jimmy Buffett

“The times do not call for grassroots political activism, as if the next election might be enough to reverse a massive cultural earthquake. They…

— Paul D. Miller

Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first…

— Rita Moreno

Paul Revere earned his living as a silversmith. But what do we remember him for? His volunteer work. All activism is volunteering in that…

— Susan J. Ellis

“It takes a female to have a baby, It takes a woman to raise a child, It takes a mother to raise them correctly,…

— Shannon L. Alder

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a…

— Rebecca Solnit

“All struggles against oppression in the modern woeld begin by redefining what had previously been consideered private, non-public and non-political issues as matters of…

— Seyla Benhabib

“A spirituality that is only private and self-absorbed, one devoid of an authentic political and social consciousness, does little to halt the suicidal juggernaut…

— Andrew Harvey