Quotes about Participation

I think humans prefer magical religion, which keeps all the responsibility on God performing or not performing, whereas mature and transformational religion asks us to participate, cooperate, and change. The divine dance is always a partnered two-step.

Presence is experienced in a participative way, outside the mind.

spirituality" which means that things are only found to be true in the doing of them.

True religion is always a deep intuition that we are already participating in something very good, in spite of our best efforts to deny it or avoid it.

He wants to be included in every activity, every conversation, every problem, and even every thought.

The 'means of grace' are such as Bible reading, private prayer, and regularly worshiping God in Church, wherein one hears the Word taught and participates in the Lord's Supper.

Freedom exists only where people take care of the government.

Disgust at collective killing is of very recent date and should not be over-estimated. Today everyone takes part in public executions through the newspapers. Like everything else, however, it is more comfortable than it was. We sit peacefully at home and, out of a hundred details, can choose those to linger over which offer a special thrill. We only applaud when everything is over and there is no feeling of guilty connivance to spoil our pleasure.

I never get involved in policy. Never.

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness.

You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the action is.

Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.