"I know that the blacks, take them half enlightened and ignorant, are more humane and merciful than the most enlightened and refined European that can be found in all the earth."

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Source : David Walker (2008). “Walker's Appeal”, p.28, Applewood Books

David Walker

#Ignorant Quotes #Half Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”
“We're getting used to reality and fantasy passing into each other. Much of the border between them has been erased.”
“Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it's a cinch. Each of us can be true for just one day--and then one more and then one more after that--until we've lived a lifetime guided by the Spirit, a lifetime close to the Lord, a lifetime of good deeds and righteousness.”
“I'm 33...before AC/DC I've played in a lot of bands in Australia. You're never too old to rock and roll.”

Source : "Best", December 1979.
“For a few seconds they looked silently into each other's eyes, and the distant and impossible suddenly became near, possible, and inevitable.”
“Life creates conditions conducive to life.”

Source : "Episode 26: Biomimicry: Janine Benyus is Honored by TIME". "Living Green" with Meredith Medland, podcasts.personallifemedia.com.
“I would say off the cuff that I am an anxious person. I worry about everything. I need to know everything. I tend to live in a state of anxiety with the feeling that life is some kind of great catastrophe.”
“The apostles were scattered, and even the leaders of the Church in Jerusalem had neither the power nor the means to impose uniformity.In these circumstances, we must imagine the literature of Christianity as spreading gradually, irregularly, and in a manner which variations inevitable.”

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