"If I were really asked to define myself, I wouldnâ€™t start with race; I wouldnâ€™t start with blackness; I wouldnâ€™t start with gender; I wouldnâ€™t start with feminism. I would start with stripping down to what fundamentally informs my life, which is that Iâ€™m a seeker on the path. I think of feminism, and I think of anti-racist struggles as part of it. But where I stand spiritually is, steadfastly, on a path about love."

-- Bell Hooks

#Struggle Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Race Quotes

“Maybe crazy is what they call anybody who's got magic in them after they're no longer a child.”

Source : Robert R. McCammon (2011). “Boy's Life”, p.14, Open Road Media
“You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!" you can be sure you have already begun."”

Source : "Speech of Vice President Jejomar C. Binay during the 36th National Prayer Breakfast Anniversary". Jojo Binay @JojoCBinay, www.facebook.com. November 24, 2011.
“According to a new study, Botox injections can help back pain. So you see, that's why John Kerry had all that Botox - his back was killing him from all that flip-flopping on issues.”
“It's unfair of a circle to accuse the angle of being sharp.”

Source : Multatuli, E. M. Beekman (1974). “The Oyster & the Eagle: Selected Aphorisms and Parables of Multatuli”, p.54, Univ of Massachusetts Press
“If the right job came along, absolutely with bells on I would work in Sweden.”
“Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same.”
“Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world. [..] Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing. Apologize today, before remorse will do you no good. Our nation is moving forwards, and it is in your interest to respect a victorious nation.”

Source : Khaled Mashal's Address at the Al-Murabit Mosque in Damascus, 2006.
“Our life is frittered away by detail Simplify, simplify.â€Â Or, as Plato wrote, â€œIn order to seek oneâ€™s own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life.”

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