"Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X."

-- Lena Horne

#People Quotes #Consciousness Quotes #Raised Quotes

“Watch carefully the children around you. In precious moments you will catch a glimpse of your Saviorâ€™s face. Listen intently and you will hear his voice. Walk gently among them; his footprints are all around you. Embrace them, for you are embracing him. Respect them, because they are sometimes Godâ€™s agents â€“ exactly the kind of instruments he needs. At such times, only a child will do.”

Source : Wess Stafford (2010). “Too Small to Ignore: Why the Least of These Matters Most”, p.228, WaterBrook
“But the frat boys were all frivolous and idiotic in our minds now, a bunch of conformist fools going through the motions of hip.”
“The 3-minute mile goal is to teach runners that the impossible is where goals should be set.”

Source : Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.
“My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father came and had a life in the United States one way and my mother had a different one, and I was very aware of those things. I continue to wonder about it, and I will continue to write about it.”
“For more than 3,000 years, China and India accounted for half of the world's economic output. But then the Industrial Revolution gave North America and Europe 150 golden years. If you take the long-term perspective, our economic dominance has been more of an exception than the rule.”
“True inward quietness ... is not vacancy, but stability - the steadfastness of a single purpose.”

Source : Caroline Emelia Stephen (1908). “Light Arising: Thoughts on the Central Radiance”
“Anyone who asserted wrong teachings, anyone serving the devil or his demons, earned instead an equally remarkable antagonism. In their official high meetings together, Christians thus could not keep their own disagreements within the bounds of civil language; their continual quarrels required the intervention of the civil authorities; and all this was well known and noted by friends and foes alike.”
“My hope is in you, Lord. Be my refuge, for You are my strength.... Into Your hands, Lord, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, Lord, God of Truth.”

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