Quotes about Responsibility

Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.

You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think.

You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.

Take heed to yourselves, lest you perish while you call upon others to take heed of perishing, and lest you famish yourselves while you prepare their food.

Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.

Karma means that all actions have consequences. Grace means that in a moment of atonement -taking responsibility, making amends, asking for forgiveness - all karma is burned.

You have been forgiven, so act like it!

Forgiveness does not replace justice.

Forgiveness is a CHOICE, not a feeling.

We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.

Forgiveness is a choice, but it is not an option.

We can choose the way of compassion, the way of forgiveness, the way of generosity. Or we can choose other paths and those have very real consequences in the world. This is absolutely crucial.