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QUOTATIONS

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Gustavo Gutierrez

    “Charity is today a ‘political charity.’. . . it means the transformation of a society structured to benefit a few who appropriate to themselves the value of the work of others. This transformation ought to be directed toward a radical change in the foundation of society, that is, the private ownership of the means of… Read more

  • LITERARY COFFEE: D.H. Lawrence

    “Let us go into the town,” he said, and he rushed her into a train, moving to the town station. They went to a cafe to drink coffee, she sat looking at people in the street, and a great wound was in her breast, a cold imperturbability in her soul. ~ D.H. Lawrence. The Rainbow. Read more

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Anthony Marsella

    “Show, by your actions, that you choose peace over war, freedom over oppression, voice over silence, service over self-interest, respect over advantage, courage over fear, cooperation over competition, action over passivity, diversity over uniformity, and justice over all.” ~Anthony Marsella Read more

  • LITERARY COFFEE: D.H. Lawrence

    The young people flocked out into the mysterious night. There was sound of laughter and voices, and a scent of coffee. The farm-buildings loomed dark in the background. Figures, pale and dark, flitted about, intermingling. The red fire glinted on a white or a silken skirt, the lanterns gleamed on the transient heads of the… Read more

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Henry David Thoreau

    “If…the machine of government…is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.” ~ Henry David Thoreau Read more

  • LITERARY COFFEE: D.H. Lawrence

    Supper was laid. He swung the curtain over the window. There was a bowl of freesias and scarlet anemones on the table. She bent to them. Still touching them with her finger-tips, she looked up at him, saying: “Aren’t they beautiful?” “Yes,” he said. “What will you drink — coffee?” “I should like it,” she… Read more

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Mahatma Gandhi

    “Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Read more

  • LITERARY COFFEE: Dangerous Liaisons

    When they came to town, Madame went to bed for two hours. When she got up, she sent for the porter, and gave him orders not to admit any one. She did not make any toilette. She sat down to dinner, but only tasted a little soup, and went away directly. Her coffee was brought… Read more

  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Noam Chomsky

    “It’s ridiculous to talk about freedom in a society dominated by huge corporations. What kind of freedom is there inside a corporation? They’re totalitarian institutions. You take orders from above and maybe give them to people below you. There’s about as much freedom as under Stalinism.” ~Noam Chomsky Read more

  • LITERARY COFFEE:Dangerous Liaisons

    I dispatched my dinner as soon as possible. The dessert was scarcely served, when the infernal Volanges, probably with a design to prejudice me, got up to follow the charming woman. I foresaw this project, but disappointed her. I feigned to take this particular motion for a general one; and rising at the same time,… Read more