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“When you read Marx (or Jesus) this way, you come to see that real wealth is not material wealth and real poverty is not just the lack of food, shelter, and clothing. Real poverty is the belief that the purpose of life is acquiring wealth and owning things. Real wealth is not the possession of property but the recognition that our deepest need, as human beings, is to keep developing our natural and acquired powers to relate to other human beings.”
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

“Love isn't about what we did yesterday; it's about what we do today and tomorrow and the day after”
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

“Movements are born of critical connections rather than critical mass.”
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

“The main reason why Western civilization lacks Spirituality, or an awareness of our interconnectedness with one another and the universe, according to Gandhi, is that it has given priority to economic and technological development over human and community development.”
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

“Real poverty is the belief that the purpose of life is acquiring wealth and owning things. Real wealth is not the possession of property but the recognition that our deepest need, as human beings, is to keep developing our natural and acquired powers to relate to other human beings.”
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

“We are beginning to understand that the world is always being made fresh and never finished; that activism can be the journey rather than the arrival; that's struggle doesn't always have to be confrontational but can take the form of reaching out to find common ground with the many others in our society who are also seeking ways out from alienation, isolation, privatization, and dehumanization by corporate globalization.”
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

“activism can be the journey rather than the arrival;”
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

“We urgently need to bring to our communities the limitless capacity to love, serve, and create for and with each other. We urgently need to bring the neighbor back into our hoods, not only in our inner cities but also in our suburbs, our gated communities, on Main Street and Wall Street, and on Ivy League campuses.”
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
― The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
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