"Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others."

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Source : Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “The Measure of our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours”, p.61, Beacon Press

Marian Wright Edelman

#Inspiring Quotes #Meditation Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.”
“When those who give charity do so without any sense of self-satisfaction and without any thought of reward, even a small gift is great. When those who aid others calculate their own sacrifice and demand gratitude and recompense, even a great gift is small.”
“No matter what difficulty you are facing, it is coming from Divine Light to bring you to a higher place within. Write down every conceivable reason that this situation can contribute towards your growth. Write down every way this experience can possibly set the stage for serving to uplift others. When you are complete, and have come to the other side of this experience, you will then know 'why' it happened.”
“My dear Smollett ... disgraces his talent by writing those stupid romances called history.”
“Isn't that what growing up is all about - learning to outlast despair?”
“If knowledge is power and power corrupt, does knowledge corrupt?”
“The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story.”
“Status symbols are poor excuses for values.”

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