"I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began."

-- John Henrik Clarke

#School Quotes #Sunday Quotes #Long Quotes

“We didn't get that chance because I was afraid. Afraid I had no chance with you.”
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.”
“I am a competitive person with myself. I always find new goals to achieve, new challenges to breakthrough, and I try and do something new every day. And I'm highly competitive with myself.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
“Strange, isn't it, that it's always more difficult to talk people out of killing each other than into it?”

Source : S. M. Stirling (2007). “A Meeting at Corvallis: A Novel of the Change”, p.728, Penguin
“This world is your body. This world is a great school, This world is your silent teacher.”
“When you give of yourself something new comes in to being... the world expands, a bit of goodness is brought forth and a small miracle occurs. You must never underestimate this miracle. Too many good people think they have to become Mother Teresa or Albert Schweitzer, or even Santa Claus, and perform great acts if they are to be givers. They don't see the simple openings of the heart that can be practiced anywhere with almost anyone.”

Source : Kent Nerburn (2014). “Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love”, p.75, New World Library
“I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing.”
“I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.”

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