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Revolution is not a one time event.


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Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.



We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.

We are all more blind to what we have than to what we have not.



I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.

I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self.



We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak when we are tired.

We can learn to work and speak when we are afraid in the same way we have learned to work and speak when we are tired.



The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.



If this society ascribes roles to Black men which they are not allowed to fulfill, is it Black women who must bend and alter our lives to compensate, or is it society that needs changing?

If this society ascribes roles to Black men which they are not allowed to fulfill, is it Black women who must bend and alter our lives to compensate, or is it society that needs changing?



What gets me about the United States is that it pretends to be honest and therefore has so little room to move toward hope.

What gets me about the United States is that it pretends to be honest and therefore has so little room to move toward hope.



Too often, we pour the energy needed for recognizing and exploring difference into pretending those differences are insurmountable barriers, or that they do not exist at all.

Too often, we pour the energy needed for recognizing and exploring difference into pretending those differences are insurmountable barriers, or that they do not exist at all.



No woman is responsible for altering the psyche of her oppressor, even when that psyche is embodied in another woman.

No woman is responsible for altering the psyche of her oppressor, even when that psyche is embodied in another woman.



Oppressed peoples are always being asked to stretch a little more, to bridge the gap between blindness and humanity.

Oppressed peoples are always being asked to stretch a little more, to bridge the gap between blindness and humanity.





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But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.



None but mothers know each other's feelings when we give up our daughters whom we love and cherish so tenderly to the mercies of a man, and perhaps even a stranger.

None but mothers know each other's feelings when we give up our daughters whom we love and cherish so tenderly to the mercies of a man, and perhaps even a stranger.



The activities we do for God are secondary. God is looking for people who long for communication with Him.

The activities we do for God are secondary. God is looking for people who long for communication with Him.



That Cabot merely landed on the uninhabitable shore of Labrador gave the English no just title to New England, or to the United States generally, any more than to Patagonia.

That Cabot merely landed on the uninhabitable shore of Labrador gave the English no just title to New England, or to the United States generally, any more than to Patagonia.



Look! Look! If you look really hard at things you'll forget you're going to die.

Look! Look! If you look really hard at things you'll forget you're going to die.



"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.

"Death by love is fairer by far than death by illness", said Amenhotep III.



One can become as intellectually arrogant about spirituality as about empirical science.

One can become as intellectually arrogant about spirituality as about empirical science.



I thought The Doors were the greatest band for a while.

I thought The Doors were the greatest band for a while.



In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed.

In war, practice dissimulation and you will succeed.




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