"The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others."

-- Julian Bond

#Rights Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Groups Quotes

“I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.”

Source : "Jimmy Smits - Actor, Activist and Altruist". Interview with Lisa Manafian, www.hispanic-today.com. September 8, 2011.
“Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?”
“The renowned seventh-century Zen master Seng-tsan taught that true freedom is being "without anxiety about imperfection.”

Source : Tara Brach (2012). “Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame”, p.21, Random House
“My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.”
“Now listen to the first three aims of the corporatist movement in Germany, Italy and France during the 1920s. These were developed by the people who went on to become part of the Fascist experience: (1) shift power directly to economic and social interest groups; (2) push entrepreneurial initiative in areas normally reserved for public bodies; (3) obliterate the boundaries between public and private interest -- that is, challenge the idea of the public interest. This sounds like the official program of most contemporary Western governments.”

Source : John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Unconscious Civilization”, p.89, Simon and Schuster
“Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.”

Source : Martha Graham (1991). “Blood Memory”, Washington Square Press
“Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body.”
“The illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.”

Source : Daniel Kahneman (2011). “Thinking, Fast and Slow”, p.248, Macmillan

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