Honour the hands that harvest your crops. (Dolores Huerta) #ToPonder

Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace; but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace. (Thomas Aquinas) #ToPonder

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. #Ubuntu (Desmond Tutu) #ToPonder

At #FourFortyFour, here’s a bit of #FridayFun for you…👇

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light. (Helen Keller) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

Maybe what we lack isn’t love but wisdom. It became clear to me that I should pray above all else for wisdom. (Richard Rohr) #ToPonder

I believe it’s necessary to recognize that we all need mercy, we all need justice, and - perhaps - we all need some measure of unmerited grace… (Bryan Stevenson) #ToPonder

The person who has made God their dwelling place will always have a safe habitation. (cf A W Tozer) #ToPonder #FaithAtWork

"Hope" is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops - at all (Emily Dickinson) #ToPonder

We must be fierce as lions to do God’s will. But we also must be gentle souls as we reach out to those who need our compassion. (Sr Norma Pimentel)

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. (English Proverb) My policy is 'No stone throwing regardless of housing situation.' (Demetri Martin) #ToPonder

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. (Rumi) #ToPonder Which of these can you be for others this week? Maybe all three but for different people? #MondayMotivation

You can change the terms, you can change the allowable limits, you can do the risk assessment — all these things — but in the end, the fact is that you and I drink that water. You and I breathe that air. You and I live here. (Winona LaDuke) #ToPonder

This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it. (Marilynne Robinson) #ToPonder

If we do not save the environment and save the Earth, then whatever we do in civil rights or in a war against poverty will be of no meaning, because then we will have the equality of extinction. (James L Farmer) #ToPonder

For many of us, water simply flows from a tap, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports. (Sandra Postel) #ToPonder

If the earth is always doing what is necessary to keep the seasons, to keep going as is her custom, to keep creating and breathing life and dying and creating again, maybe we can do the same. (Kaitlin Curtice) #ToPonder

We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it. (Barack Obama) #ToPonder The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. (Robert Swan) What will you do? #MondayMotivation

This is an excellent article on how Britain’s pioneering Quaker businesses showed that success and social good can work together well: “Let’s rekindle capitalism with a conscience” thetimes.com/article/6048d5d… (Apologies in advance if it is behind a paywall)