Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) does not work. Opiate addicts live in our communities and in our families & they work in our businesses.

— Steven Kassels

Now I think that a true liberal will always prioritize individuals over the group, will always prioritize heresy over orthodoxy, will always prioritize the dissenting voice over the status quo.

— Maajid Nawaz

Obviously these are some exceptional young people, but what they have in common is that they were ordinary people who cared. They wanted to act, to do something, to make life better for other people—and they have.

— Morgan Carroll

The enormity of problems like hunger and social injustice can certainly motivate us to act. We can be convinced logically of the need for intervention and change. But it is the story of one individual that ultimately makes the difference—by offering living proof.

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

The power of your story may not lie in its drama, but in its absolutely perfect relationship to your cause.

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

There are people that are to champion the campaign and advocacy against the cycle of ungodliness and injustice in every nation.

— Sunday Adelaja

There is an overflowing grace, for every great work.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The space between the private and the public is the nexus of the personal and the social, if not political. It’s where we meet the strong or subtle cultural censors who attempt to define what community, race, class, or gender can or cannot speak, to tell us which stories are told and valued and which are not. In short, it’s where we’re reminded of the power of personal stories and the power of the storyteller.

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. I took mine and fell flat on my face. As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to Africa to try and save the continent, only to learn that Africans neither wanted nor needed saving. Indeed, when I was there, I saw some of the worst that good intentions, traditional charity, and aid can produce... I concluded that if I could only nudge the world a little bit, maybe that would be enough. But nudging isn't enough.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

They want us to be afraid. They want us to be afraid of leaving our homes. Furthermore, they want us to barricade our doors and hide our children. Their aim is to make us fear life itself! They want us to hate. They want us to hate 'the other'. Furthermore, they want us to practice aggression and perfect antagonism. Their aim is to divide us all! They want us to be inhuman. They want us to throw out our kindness. Furthermore, they want us to bury our love and burn our hope. Their aim is to take all our light! They think their bricked walls will separate us. They think their damned bombs will defeat us. Furthermore, they are so ignorant they don’t understand that my soul and your soul are old friends. Furthermore, they are so ignorant they don’t understand that when they cut you I bleed. Furthermore, they are so ignorant they don’t understand that we will never be afraid, we will never hate, and we will never be silent for life is ours!

— Kamand Kojouri