You have much more power when you are working for the right thing than when you are working against the wrong thing.

—Peace Pilgrim

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About Peace Pilgrim

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Peace Pilgrim (July 18, 1908 – July 7, 1981), born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk the entire length of the Appalachian Trail in one season. Starting on January 1, 1953, in...

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Religion is to be used as a stepping stone to God, but it must never be used as a tower to hold one aloft from others. We are all cells in the body of humanity. When anyone attempts to isolate another, they only isolate themselves more.

—Peace Pilgrim

It’s as though we have two selves or two natures or two wills with two contrary viewpoints.… Your lower self sees you as the center of the universe—your higher self sees you as a cell in the body of humanity.

—Peace Pilgrim

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A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

—Lewis Mumford

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You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Speak

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To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.

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I am not against all wars—just whichever is current.

—Ken Gillespie

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

—Robert F. Kennedy

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