"Faith is the black person's federal reserve system."

-- Hattie McDaniel

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“We fret about how to keep going the same old way when we should be casting around for another way thatâ€™s better.”

Source : John Brunner (2014). “The Shockwave Rider”, p.213, Open Road Media
“In being with dying, we arrive at a natural crucible of what it means to love and be loved. And we can ask ourselves this: Knowing that death is inevitable, what is most precious today?”

Source : "Joan Halifax, Roshi – Letting Go, Letting in Light: Halifax Talks about Her Life & Groundbreaking Book, Being with Dying". Interview with Joy Stocke, www.wildriverreview.com.
“So the desire you have, that itch that you have to be whatever it is you want to be â€¦ that itch, that desire for good is God's proof to you sent already to indicate that it's yours. You already have it. Claim it.”
“Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. â€¦ The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is to bring that power into this world.”
“The fool who traveled is better off than the wise man who stayed home.”
“The unknownness of my needs frightens me. I do now know how huge they are, or how high they are, I only know that they are not being met. If you want to find out the circumference of an oil drop, you can use lycopodium powder. Thatâ€™s what Iâ€™ll find. A tub of lycopodium powder, and I will sprinkle it on to my needs and find out how large they are. Then when I meet someone I can write up the experiment and show them what they have to take on.”
“I loved Omar Vizquel. He tells some really long jokes, and he has his own way of telling them, but he can make every joke very funny. He would always come up with jokes on the loudspeaker on the bus.”
“It is not how many years we live, but what we do with them.”

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