"The American civil rights activist Virginia Foster Durr (1903-99) declared: "The point is not how bad things are . . . the point is what to do about it."[1] What matters most is our heart, our spirit. Complaining gets us nowhere. Nothing is changed by tears and whining. Those who press forward with hope and joy no matter how daunting the challenges before them are true spiritual victors."
[1] Virginia Foster Durr, Freedom Writer: Virginia Foster Durr, Letters from the Civil Rights Years, edited by Patricia Sullivan (New York: Routledge, 2003), p. 416.SGI Newsletter 7302, The Light of the Century of Humanity, Lofty Emissaries of Kosen Rufu, Translated on Aug 8, 2007
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