QUOTES
Childhood
hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest
country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million
children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and
understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger
will be a national, local and personal priority.
the
only way we come to ourselves is through each other. And there are so many people
in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves
and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making
it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.
The
first world is going to have to account for this sort of horrible poverty in our
midst. We have to, first of all, become aware of it. We have to take responsibility
for it. And then we have to do something about it for our own freedom, for our
own salvation, for our own humanity.
We
think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the
most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third
World… and the poverty in the United States as well. We have our own Third World
here. And we have to first become aware of that and how to help and solve that.
Once
you experience Third World poverty, you're really changed forever, if you're at
all open to it, because we're all united in our common humanity. And we are so
made as to feel something for people who are in pain. It's not possible to be
human and to be unaffected by what you see in the third world.
I
think service to others is the real key to winning our own personal freedom and
the road to our own happiness, our own personal contentment and fulfillment.
All
of us are only required to change ourselves. In doing so, the world has changed.
Issues
of war and peace top the list of what concerns voters these days but our leaders
in Washington have yet to offer a hopeful vision and the smart solutions we need
to make America and the planet safer.
I
am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying
to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've
been given.
