"Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

#Funeral Quotes #Black History Quotes #Today Quotes

“Anxiety and desire are two, often conflicting, orientations to the unknown. Both are tilted toward the future. Desire implies a willingness, or a need, to engage this unknown, while anxiety suggests a fear of it. Desire takes one out of oneself, into the possibility or relationship, but it also takes one deeper into oneself. Anxiety turns one back on oneself, but only onto the self that is already known.”

Source : Mark Epstein (2006). “Open to Desire: The Truth About What the Buddha Taught”, p.35, Penguin
“When you have a kid, you sign on for the whole package: good, bad, everything in between. you can't just dip in and out, picking and choosing the parts you want and quitting when it's not perfect.”
“I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.”
“It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.”
“Educate the children and it won't be necessary to punish the men.”
“If art is to flourish in the twenty-first century, it must renew its moral authority by rededicating itself to life. It must be an enriching, ennobling and vital partner in the public pursuit of civilization. It should be a majestic presence in everyday life just as it was in the past.”
“One does not laugh because one is happy; one is happy because one laughs.”
“Science is the poetry of reality.”

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