"All of us should be much more humble and contrite when we point the finger at somebody else, because four more fingers are pointing back at us."

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Source : "Michael Eric Dyson and 'Is Bill Cosby Right?'". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. May 11, 2005.

Michael Eric Dyson

#Humble Quotes #Four Quotes #Fingers Quotes

“Cam's wings were so bright they were almost blinding as they pulsed. "Holy Hell," Callie whispered, blinking."More or less," Arriane said”
“Foresight is good when it is subject to the latter, but it becomes excessive when we are in a hurry to avoid something we fear. We rely more on our own efforts than on those of his Providence, and we think we are doing a great deal by anticipating His orders by our own disorder, which causes us to rely on human prudence rather than on his Word.”
“It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason”
“I'm So Sick is about how the world can sometimes be a sick and messed up place and how that influences us and tells us how we should live or who we should be. People do things just 'cause everyone else does and then they wonder why they feel empty all the time. Someone who has a firm stance in what they know to be true will empower empty followers to discover who they are as individuals with purposes and this creates leaders with voices of their own.”
“I have lived large parts of my life in wonderful circumstances that I utterly failed to appreciate. Reasons to be happy were everywhere, but somehow I didn't connect with them. It was as though I was eating but couldn't taste the food. Finally, I've learned to celebrate the good while it's happening. I feel gratitude and praise today for what are sometimes such simple pleasures. I have learned that happiness is not determined by circumstances. Happiness is not what happens when everything goes the way you think it should go; happiness is what happens when you decide to be happy.”
“A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond / Frightened the reign of Chaos and old Night.”
“What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.”
“I am fascinated by air. If you remove the air from the sky, all the birds would fall to the ground. And all the planes, too.”

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