"Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury."

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Source : James H. Cone (1992). “Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare”, p.333, Orbis Books

James H. Cone

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“Man knows much more than he understands.”
“She had never before minded being alone. Now she dreaded it. When she was alone now she felt so dreadfully alone.”
“History, when rightly written, is but a record of providence; and he who would read history rightly, must read it with his eyes constantly fixed on the hand of God. This statement of a nineteenth-century historian sums up the responsibility of the Christian teacher of history, for he who would teach history or any subject matter rightly, must teach it with his eyes constantly fixed on the hand of God.”
“Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.”

Source : "O. J. Simpson: 10 years later". Interview with Katie Couric, www.nbcnews.com. June 18, 2004.
“He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.”
“I think when youâ€™re dying you start looking for important things in the corners. You canâ€™t let anything that seems even semi-important pass, because it passes forever. Things take on meaning.”
“The Infinate has sowed His name in the heavens in burning stars, but on earth He has sowed His name in tender flowers.”
“A bus ride is like being in another world.”

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