"I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

#Cells Quotes #Wind Quotes #Creative Quotes

“For Christians, the problem is not how to reconcile homosexuality with scriptural passages that condemn it, but how to reconcile the rejection and punishment of homosexuals with the love of Christ.”
“We all, everyone one of us, carry a star inside our chests. ...Light and darkness are always side-by-side. If you show even the slightest fear or tears to the darkness, it will immediately swell and come attacking, and swallow up the light. Serenity, in order to defeat the darkness and dark souls, you must keep the star inside your chest burning brightly at all times. That is your most important charge.”
“There is great truth in Alphonse Karr's remark that modern men are ugly because they do not wear their beards.”
“Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.”
“When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.”
“The national question is purely a peasant question...the best way to eliminate nationality is a massive factory with thousands of workers..., which like a millstone grinds up all nationalities and forges a new nationality. This nationality is the universal proletariat.”

Source : "The Affirmative Action Empire" by Terry Martin, (p. 147), 2001.
“Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes out the window.”
“I think it's important to watch out for our environment and to be careful.”

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