"Our power is not so much in us as through us."

-- Harry Emerson Fosdick

“Why is contemporary China short of works that speak directly? Because we writers cannot speak directly, or rather we can only speak in an indirect way.Why does contemporary China lack good works that critique our current situation? Because our current situation may not be critiqued. We have not only lost the right to criticise, but the courage to do so.Why is modern China lacking in great writers? Because all the great writers are castrated while still in the nursery.”
“Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.”
“Blame keeps wounds open; only forgiveness heals”
“The secret is,â€ I say, whispering right into his ear, â€œthat yours was the best kiss Iâ€™ve ever had in my life.â€ â€œBut Iâ€™ve never kissed you,â€ he whispers back. Around us the rain sounds like falling glass. â€œNot since third grade, anyway.â€ I smile, but Iâ€™m not sure if he can see it. â€œBetter get started, then,â€ I say, â€œbecause I donâ€™t have much time.”
“I guess there's a song for absolutely everything that could possibly happen to a person.”
“Beauty has no relation to price, rarity, or age.”
“I did not think I had what it took to be an actor, because most of the actors that I encountered were people who were very narcissistic and I thought since I lacked narcissism to become an actor because that's what it took. It was more of a social experiment for me to walk in the shoes of other people that I found interesting.”

Source : "Interview with Falcon Rising star and martial artist Michael Jai White". Interview with Bobby Blakey, www.axs.com. September 8, 2014.
“Intellectual neutrality is not possible in a historical world of exploitation and oppression.”

Source : Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (2009). “Democratizing Biblical Studies: Toward an Emancipatory Educational Space”, p.14, Westminster John Knox Press

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