John A. Powell Quotes
God isn't calling us to a lonely, joyless existence with the promise of a delayed reward. God is calling us to live, to love and enjoy the challenge. God's formulas are roadmaps to freedom and peace. God is saying to us: "The only way to live is to be free. So save your heart for love and save your love for persons. Don't ever let any 'thing' own you. Don't let money or fame or power or the pursuit of pleasure put a ring in your nose and lead you around. Love persons and use things." And of course, this is the only way to live, to be free.
Powell, John. Fully Human, Fully Alive: A New Life Through a New Vision. Argus Communications, 1976.
Savonarola was cruel dictator who opposed to any kind of a Parliament or assembly or any other kind of civil freedom. However, he saw freedom of the spirit in his view of God, Christ and love of others. He burned hundreds of “heretics” at the stake which was an example of a very perverse sort of love.
John A. Powell leads the UC Berkeley Othering & Belonging Institute (formerly known as Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society) and holds the Robert D. Haas Chancellor's Chair in Equity and Inclusion, Professor of Law and Professor of African American Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Powell spells his name in lowercase based on the idea that we should be "part of the universe, not over it, as capitals signify."