"It is not races but individuals that are noble and courageous or ignoble and craven or considerate or persistent or philosophical or reasonable. The race gets credit when the percentage of noble individuals is high."

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Source : Edwin Way Teale (1987). “Circle of the seasons: the journal of a naturalist's year”, Olympic Marketing Corp

Edwin Way Teale

#Philosophical Quotes #Class Quotes #Race Quotes

“I absolutely love Oscar. So classic. So timeless.”
“It's a hard thing to age a character because you can't really suddenly give someone gray hair.”
“My room was in one of those turrets and at night I could hear the sea and the faint rustle of eelgrass in the soft wind. The weather was perfect that summer. No storms. Blue skies and just the right amount of wind every day. The sailors were in heaven.”
“I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.”
“In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.”
“Don't be too concerned about what others think of you. It's what you think about yourself that matters!”
“I don't know how to type so I handwrite everything.”
“Because I was raised in a Christian culture I never considered myself to be a totally free human being.”

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