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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’
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Finally I saw that everything had come to nothing. and gave it up. and took my old body and went out into the morning and sang.
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A bird was lying on his back in the road with his feet in the air. A horse saw him and asked, “What’re you doing?” The sparrow said, “I’m helping hold back the darkness.” The horse sneered and said, “Yeah, right,” and the sparrow said, “One does what one can.”
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Relaxation is essential for the full expression of power.
Avoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.
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We need to move beyond Darwinian Theory, which stresses the importance of individuals, to one that stresses the importance of the community.
Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.
Why are angry women so threatening to others? If we are guilty, depressed, or self-doubting, we stay in place. We do not take action except against our own selves and we are unlikely to be agents of personal and social change. In contrast, angry women may change and challenge the lives of us all.