"I first learned that there were black people living in some place called other than the United States in the western hemisphere when I was a very little boy, and my father told me that when he was a boy about my age, he wanted to be an Episcopal priest, because he so admired his priest, a black man from someplace called Haiti."

-- Henry Louis Gates

#Birthday Quotes #Father Quotes #Boys Quotes

“During my campaign, I had come across a small number of (mostly) young men, who had strongly racist views. They told me they would only vote for a party that was willing to get rid of black and coloured people from this country. What struck me as strange is that they weren't bothered about the thousands of white Europeans arriving from Central and Eastern Europe.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“What I like about the '60s movies was that they were about women. They were telling women's stories. I think a lot of movies don't tell women's stories anymore.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“He can cook and give good massages. What more do you need in a husband?”
“When we are no longer motivated by fear, we understand that every moment is perfect in its own way. We no longer dread what we can't control; we learn to respect the wisdom of Spirit rather than impose our will on situations. This is the path of genuine power.”

Source : FaceBook post by Alberto Villoldo from Apr 18, 2017
“If the devil take a less hateful shape to us than to our fathers, he is as busy with us as with them.”
“Closet communion needs time for the revelation of God's presence. It is vain to say, "I have too much work to do to find time." You must find time or forfeit blessing. God knows how to save for you the time you sacredly keep for communion with Him.”
“Donâ€™t depend too much on anyone in this world because even your own shadow leaves you when you are in darkness.”
“People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.”

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