Jean Detjen:  

Jean is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Jean's schools include Lourdes Academy. Jean later attended University of Notre Dame (American Studies (Emphasis Areas: Journalism/Communications, Fine Arts, Social Sciences)) . Jean works(ed) at Project Starfish, Project Starfish. Music Jean likes includes Blind Melon, Iggy Pop, Brian Eno. Movies Jean likes include Agora, Dangerous Liaisons, All The President's Men. TV shows Jean likes include The King of Queens, Downton Abbey, Frontier House. One of Jean's favorite quotes is:""It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." "Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity." "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." "The truth may set you free, but first it will shatter the safe, sweet way you live." "Charity is no substitute for justice withheld." "Justice requires those who suffer the least to speak up the most." "A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." "Maturity is the capacity to cope with ambiguity." "Louer le Dieu de tous, boire le vin, laisser le monde est le monde." "I believe that one day White Buffalo Woman is going to come back and kick everyone’s ass." ‎"It is in the space of mastery over paradigms that people throw off addictions, live in constant joy, bring down empires, get locked up or burned at the stake or crucified or shot, and have impacts that last for millennia." "Aurez-vous les gens putain réveiller et obtenir vos têtes de vos ânes." "The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out." "There is no innocence. Either way, you're accountable." "Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public." "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." "The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions." "Historically, the most terrible things - war, genocide, and slavery - have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience." "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government." "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." "Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself." "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does.” "Your greatness is measured by your kindness; your education and intellect by your modesty; your ignorance is betrayed by your suspicions and prejudices, and your real caliber is measured by the consideration and tolerance you have for others." "Bring me into the company of those who seek the truth... and deliver me from those who have found it." "We need not think alike to love alike." "For most of history, Anonymous was a woman." "Last night you were unhinged. You were like some desperate, howling demon. You frightened me. Do it again!" "Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being." "We have to improve life, not just for those who know how to manipulate the system, but also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity." “Hear no evil, speak no evil - and you'll never be invited to a party.” ‎"When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow." "Anti Complacency League, Baby!" "If you think you're too small to have an impact on the world, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room." "The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel." “There can be no peace as long as there is grinding povert...Expand for more