Keith Pentz
@menno1954.bsky.social
Early childhood education specialist—particular interest in infant and toddler development, Christian Anarchist, follower of Jesus, Mennonite, attempting to live a life of peace and love
“The social chain does not rest on a few; nothing of what happens in it is a matter of luck, nor the product of fate, but the intelligent work of the citizens.”
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
December 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
“The social chain does not rest on a few; nothing of what happens in it is a matter of luck, nor the product of fate, but the intelligent work of the citizens.”
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
"The wicked become even worse
when they are tolerated.”
Leo Tolstoy
when they are tolerated.”
Leo Tolstoy
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"The wicked become even worse
when they are tolerated.”
Leo Tolstoy
when they are tolerated.”
Leo Tolstoy
“Action is the antidote to despair.”
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
“Action is the antidote to despair.”
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.”
St Clare of Assisi
St Clare of Assisi
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.”
St Clare of Assisi
St Clare of Assisi
“Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
James 2:17
James 2:17
December 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
James 2:17
James 2:17
“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
Romans 13:10
Romans 13:10
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”
Romans 13:10
Romans 13:10
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
James 1:27
James 1:27
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
James 1:27
James 1:27
“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.”
3 John 11
3 John 11
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Beloved, do not imitate what is evil but imitate what is good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.”
3 John 11
3 John 11
“The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power.”
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
“The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power.”
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
“We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.”
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.”
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
“Hope is the seed of liberation.”
Jon Sobrino
Jon Sobrino
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“Hope is the seed of liberation.”
Jon Sobrino
Jon Sobrino
“Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor.”
Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor.”
Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin
“We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.”
Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence
December 8, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.”
Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence
“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.”
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.”
Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi
“I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.”
Ann Richards
Ann Richards
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
“I'm not afraid to shake up the system, and government needs more shaking up than any other system I know.”
Ann Richards
Ann Richards
“It is incumbent on us to think, to question, to be critical, and to recognize that if we do not interrogate that which we most take for granted, if we are not willing to question the anchoring grounds of our ideas, opinions, and attitudes, then we will never move forward.”
Angela Davis
Angela Davis
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“It is incumbent on us to think, to question, to be critical, and to recognize that if we do not interrogate that which we most take for granted, if we are not willing to question the anchoring grounds of our ideas, opinions, and attitudes, then we will never move forward.”
Angela Davis
Angela Davis
“The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly hostile opposites. The churches are arrogance, violence, usurpation, rigidity, death; Christianity is humility, penitence, submissiveness, progress, life.”
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
“The Christian churches and Christianity have nothing in common save in name: they are utterly hostile opposites. The churches are arrogance, violence, usurpation, rigidity, death; Christianity is humility, penitence, submissiveness, progress, life.”
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
“When a society is organized around that which is fitting in each realm, then peace, the fruit of justice, can flourish."
Leonardo Boff
Leonardo Boff
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“When a society is organized around that which is fitting in each realm, then peace, the fruit of justice, can flourish."
Leonardo Boff
Leonardo Boff
“Truth is not born nor is it to be found inside the head of an individual person, it is born between people collectively searching for truth, in the process of their dialogic interaction.”
Mikhail Bakhtin
Mikhail Bakhtin
December 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
“Truth is not born nor is it to be found inside the head of an individual person, it is born between people collectively searching for truth, in the process of their dialogic interaction.”
Mikhail Bakhtin
Mikhail Bakhtin
"A child who plays and works thoroughly, with perseverance, until physical fatigue forbids will surely be a thorough, determined person, capable of self-sacrifice.”
Friedrich Froebel
Friedrich Froebel
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"A child who plays and works thoroughly, with perseverance, until physical fatigue forbids will surely be a thorough, determined person, capable of self-sacrifice.”
Friedrich Froebel
Friedrich Froebel
“Truth is not born nor is it to be found inside the head of an individual person, it is born between people collectively searching for truth, in the process of their dialogic interaction.”
Mikhail Bakhtin
Mikhail Bakhtin
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“Truth is not born nor is it to be found inside the head of an individual person, it is born between people collectively searching for truth, in the process of their dialogic interaction.”
Mikhail Bakhtin
Mikhail Bakhtin
“In play, the child is always behaving beyond his age, above his usual everyday behaviour; in play he is, as it were, a head above himself. Play contains in a concentrated form…all developmental tendencies; it is as if the child tries to jump above his usual level.”
Lev S. Vygotsky
Lev S. Vygotsky
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“In play, the child is always behaving beyond his age, above his usual everyday behaviour; in play he is, as it were, a head above himself. Play contains in a concentrated form…all developmental tendencies; it is as if the child tries to jump above his usual level.”
Lev S. Vygotsky
Lev S. Vygotsky
“Rejecting the notion that democracy and markets are the same, young people are calling for an end to the poverty, grotesque levels of economic inequality, the suppression of dissent and the permanent war state.”
Henry Giroux
Henry Giroux
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“Rejecting the notion that democracy and markets are the same, young people are calling for an end to the poverty, grotesque levels of economic inequality, the suppression of dissent and the permanent war state.”
Henry Giroux
Henry Giroux