Thoughts for Imaging a Civil

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• CIVIL SOCIETY

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• CIVIL SOCIETY
• many struggle,
• some dream,

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• CIVIL SOCIETY
• many struggle,
• some dream,
• all imagine
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I dont know what peace is, but I love it.
Afghan refugee, age 6
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Our choices will create the world we pass
on. Paul Rogat Loeb
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It is not your obligation to complete the
task,but neither are you at liberty to desist
from it. Pirkei Avot 216,
quoting Rabbi Tarfon
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what can i contribute?
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It takes a thousand voices to tell a single
story. Native American saying
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Powerful communities create a place for
everyones gifts.There are no strangers.
Mary Nelson
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what is required for true dialogue?
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In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a
story. Walter Cronkite
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When you go to school,youre supposed to learn
how to listen. Anne Dodge Wauneka
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Educations purpose is to replace an empty mind
with an open one. Malcolm Forbes
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Become a possibilitarian. Norman Vincent
Peale
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be passionate,
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be passionate,take a stand,

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be passionate,take a stand,speak out,

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be passionate,take a stand,speak out,let your
voice be heard.
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if yours isnt the Only right answer,what are
the other right answers?
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The art and science of asking questions is the
source of all knowledge. Thomas Berger
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Universities are about universalizing the human
spirit. Samuel Betances
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If you won't be better tomorrow than you were
today, then what do you need tomorrow
for?Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
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Upside-down Trees swingin freeBuses float and
buildings dangleNow and then its nice to
seeThe world from a different angle.
Shel Silverstein, New World
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It wasnt raining when Noah built the ark.
Howard Ruff
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The problem to be faced isHow to combine
loyalty to ones own tradition with reverence
for different traditions. Abraham
Joshua Heschel
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start a tradition.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Aristotle
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when do we know that weve done enough?
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We didnt save ourselves.We tried to save each
other. September 11, 2001 Survivor
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everyone has a story share yours and engage
others.
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LIVE so when your children think of fairness,
caring and integrity, they think of you.
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Treat the Earth well. It is not inherited from
your parents. It is borrowed from your
children. Kenyan proverb
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As my forebears planted for me, so am I planting
for my children. Babylonian Talmud
Taanit 23a
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dare we dream of a world where children have no
memory of war?
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It has become appallingly obvious that our
technology has exceeded our humanity.
Albert Einstein
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We need to finda still point in a turning
world. T.S. Eliot
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Talk doesnt cook rice. Chinese proverb
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We must learn to live as brothers or perish
together as fools. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Never deprive someone of hope, it may be all
they have. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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be real.
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be real.be humble.
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be real.be humble.acknowledge others self
worth.
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Think of the poorest person you have ever seen
and ask if your next act will be of any use to
him. Inscribed over Gandhis tomb
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You really can change the world if you care
enough. Marian Wright Edelman
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Most of the things worth doing in the world had
been declared impossible before they were
done. Louis Brandeis
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what does it take to really understand
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what does it take to really understandCIVIL
SOCIETY?
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We are the leaders we have been waiting
for. Sweet Honey and the Rock
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SUMMIT 2008
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Presentationcreated byLori S. YadinAlyssa
Cohen Sherman
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