"My future depends mostly upon myself."

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Source : Paul Robeson, Philip Sheldon Foner (1978). “Paul Robeson speaks: writings, speeches, interviews, 1918-1974”, Brunner-Routledge

Paul Robeson

#My Future Quotes

“When...has a mugging case ever heard a defense attorney claim, 'Your Honor, the victim was dressed in an Armani suit and wearing a Rolex. Clearly he was begging to be assaulted.'”
“Farewell, farewell to thee, Araby's daughter! Thus warbled a Peri beneath the dark sea.”
“So, to meditate is to purge the mind of its self-centered activity. And if you have come this far in meditation, you will find there is silence, a total emptiness. The mind is uncontaminated by society; it is no longer subject to any influence, to the pressure of any desire. It is completely alone, and being alone, untouched it is innocent. Therefore there is a possibility for that which is timeless, eternal, to come into being. This whole process is meditation.”
“Never start a conversation with a yawn”
“Empathy allows us to re-perceive our world in a new way and move forward.”
“Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one's insistence that he possesses it.”
“But have we Holy Ghost power-power that restricts the devil's power, pulls down strongholds and obtains promises? Daring delinquents will be damned if they are not delivered from the devil's dominion. What has hell to fear other than a God-anointed, prayer-powered church?”
“We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar. And we will not grow weary.”

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