"Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary."

-- Nelson Mandela

#Cancer Quotes #Giving Quotes #People Quotes

“The secret to living the life of your dreams is to START living the life of your dreams.”
“Anybody with skin issues knows that that's a very sensitive subject, and that's why I've never shared that I have vitiligo because I do.”
“A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately. It is not his insight that sets the leader apart from the crowd. It is his courage to act and speak up when everyone else is silent....are those who would rather challenge what needs to change and pay the price than remain silent and die on the inside.”
“The multitude of books is making us ignorant.”
“It is convenient for the old men to blame Eve. To insist we are damned because a country girl talked to the snake one afternoon long ago. Children must starve in Somalia for that, and old women be abandoned in our greatest cities. Itâ€™s why we will finally be thrown into the lakes of molten lead. Because she was confused by happiness that first time anyone said she was beautiful. Nevertheless, she must be the issue, so people wonâ€™t notice that rocks and galaxies, mathematics and rust are also created in His image.”

Source : Jack Gilbert (2012). “Collected Poems”, p.382, Knopf
“A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now, within and without.”
“If I wasn't in the theater, I would be a hermit.”
“Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Filmmaker John Waters has said, "Nothing is more important than an unread library."”

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