"If I'm killed - if I'm removed - there is nowhere else for me to go but to my ancestors."
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"I have a lot of faith in us. I have a lot of faith in humanity. It's based, though, on my own life; I've come too far to be a pessimist."
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"Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection. What's to worry about?"
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"Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Take the contradictions Of your life And wrap around You like a shawl, To parry stones To keep you warm. Watch the people succumb To madness With ample cheer; Let them look askance at you And you askance reply. Be an outcast; Be pleased to walk alone (Uncool) Or line the crowded River beds With other impetuous Fools. Make a merry gathering On the bank Where thousands perished For brave hurt words They said. Be nobody's darling; Be an outcast. Qualified to live Among your dead."
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"HELPED are those who live in quietness, knowing neither brand name nor fad; they shall live every day as if in eternity, and each moment shall be as full as it is long."
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"HELPED are those who love the entire cosmos rather than their own tiny country, city, or farm, for to them will be shown the unbroken web of life and the meaning of infinity."
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"I just really love people a lot. I really love them."
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"Not only will your teachers appear, but they will cook new foods for you."
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"When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful."
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"Yoga means to bind back, unite. To bring the body and the soul together. For this reason the practice of yoga is a holy endeavor and the teaching of it to our people a very high calling."
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"I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk."
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"One white man on the platform in South Carolina asked us where we were going--we had got off the train to get some fresh air and to dust the grit and dust out of our clothes. When we said Africa he looked offended and tickled too. Niggers going to Africa, he said to his wife. Now I have seen everything."
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"I think colors are miraculous. We live in a universe that is extremely creative and magical. We become happier as we appreciate these things in nature."
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"My parents taught me service - not by saying, but by doing. That was my culture, the culture of my family."
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"Revolt is the mirror in which greed is forced to see itself."
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"The earth is wise. It has given itself into the keeping of all, and all are therefore accountable."
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"But I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive."
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"There are those who believe Black people possess the secret of joy and that it is this that will sustain them through any spiritual or moral or physical devastation."
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"Laughter isn't even the other side of tears. It is tears turned inside out. Truly the suffering is great, here on earth."
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"Curiosity is my natural state and has led me headlong into every worthwhile experience (never mind the others) I have ever had."
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