"To make life a little better for people less fortunate than you, that's what I think a meaningful life is. Our lives are not just for oneself but for one's community." --Ruth Bader Ginsburg
About Me
- Jeff White
- Erie, CO, United States
- Parent and LGBTQ+ ally. To decry evil is far from doing good. "When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice." Cherokee proverb "Live your life so that your children can tell their children that you not only stood for something wonderful - you acted on it." Dan Zandra
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- "Standing still is never an option so long as ineq...
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- "Nonviolence—both in terms of social action and in...
- "We are bound in a delicate network of interdepend...
- "In our world today, God's vision means our neighb...
- "Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man,...
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- "If the Church is to remain faithful to its Lord, ...
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- "The beauty and preciousness of life is intimately...
- "... few people actually receive big calls, in vis...
- "To listen is to lean in softly With a willingness...
- "Through it all, the mountain just sits, experienc...
- "I sought my soul, But my soul I could not see.I s...
- "Could our minds and our hearts be big enough just...
- "We must develop our capacities and commitments to...
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- "When one is a stranger to oneself then one is est...
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- "The truth is that happiness is not something we g...
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- “The most deadly poison of our time is indifferenc...
- "A single act of love makes the soul return to lif...
- “Our actions entrench the power of the light on th...
- "To make life a little better for people less fort...
- "We tend to view compassion as something we projec...
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