Quotes on Social Action

Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential.

Heroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism.

Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are proceeded by a personal encounter with Him. Theological insights are gained not only from between two covers of a book, but from two bent knees before an altar. The Holy Hour becomes like an oxygen tank to revive the breath of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the foul and fetid atmosphere of the world

You only need a heart full of grace

Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve. [...] You only need a heart full of grace.

I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences.