Some quotes that reflect how love is so important in the work we do, what our beliefs, our political agendas, our morality, our values, and how we lay claim to its existence in our lives.



LOVE
"I leave you love. Love builds. It is positive and helpful. It is more beneficial than hate. Injuries quickly forgotten quickly pass away. Personally and racially, our enemies must be forgiven. Our aim must be to create a world of fellowship and justice where no man's skin color or religion is held against him. "Love thy neighbor" is precept which could transform the world if it were universally practiced"--Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator: 1875-1955

"Love is a rock against the wind"--Etheridge Knight, Poet

"Love means exposing yourself to the pains of being hurt....deeply hurt by someone you trust"--Renita Weems, Seminary Professor

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is growing up"-James Baldwin, Writer and Activist, 1924-1987