" thinking about A. J. Muste, who during the Vietnam War stood in front of the White House night after night with a candle. One rainy night, a reporter asked him, “Mr. Muste, do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night with a candle?” “Oh,” Muste replied, “I don’t do it to change the country, I do it so the country won’t change me. "

― Anne Lamott , Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith