"It is hard for the old slave holding spirit to die. But die it must."

-- Sojourner Truth

#Spirit Quotes #Slave Quotes

“I was raised by all women. I had no men in my life; it was my mom, my sister, and my grandmother. I've never identified as a man. I've always either felt like a boy or something else. I feel really uncomfortable thinking that, technically, I'm supposed to be a man, because I don't feel like one.”
“Every time I hit the ball on the wall I uses to pretend I was there (Wimbledon). When I went to sleep I used to pretend I was there.”
“Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can every quite cheapen. She repeated them, with exactly the same slight emphasis on the second word, as though she were the one to say them first. He had no religious belief, but it was impossible not to think of an invisible presence or witness in the room, and that these words spoken aloud were like signatures on an unseen contract.”
“As much as I want to stay on the team -- I love Chicago, I love the Bulls -- at the same time, I know the business part of it. Sooner or later, all the rumors are going to come up.”
“Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.”
“We have to make ourselves as perfect as we can.”

Source : "Pacific Aggression with Shaun Scott". Interview with Jake Uitti, www.themonarchreview.org. August 19, 2013.
“I am at my most powerful when I am working with life rather than against it.”

Source : Anita Moorjani (2012). “Dying to be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing”, p.138, Hay House, Inc
“The start of a World Cross Country event is like riding a horse in the middle of a buffalo stampede. It's a thrill if you keep up, but one slip and you're nothing but hoof prints.”

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