"It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend."

-- Kevin Eubanks

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“To meditate means to realize inwardly the imperturbability of the Essence of Mind. The reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves to be carried away by the circumstances we are in. Those who are able to keep their mind unperturbed, irrespective of circumstances, have attained Inner Peace.”
“If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.”
“It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.”

Source : Letter to T. Attwood, October 1831, after the rejection in the House of Lords of the Reform Bill (7 October 1831)
“Thick February mists cling heavily To the dead earth and to each leafless tree, And closer down upon the hilltops draw, Dull forecasts there of bright, sure-coming spring; Yet the heart gathers hope and strange delight From this dear, unlovely, wished-for sight Of leaden-misted twilights lengthening.”
“A living organism must be studied from two distinct aspects. One of these is the causal-analytic aspect which is so fruitfully applicable to ontogeny. The other is the historical descriptive aspect which is unravelling lines of phylogeny with ever-increasing precision. Each of these aspects may make suggestions concerning the possible significance of events seen under the other, but does not explain or translate them into simpler terms.”
“You had to live in your own bubble. You couldn't force your way into someone else's, because then it wouldn't be a bubble any more.”
“Perpetual revolutions in technology can mean the devaluation of fixed capital on an extensive scale.”
“The older we get the more we seem to think that everything was better in the past.”

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