Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.

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The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

The only love worthy of a name is unconditional.

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of...

Human beings, like plants, grow in the soil of acceptance, not in the atmosphere of...

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker.

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them...

Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them...

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused...

Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease...

Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease...

Communication works for those who work at it.

Communication works for those who work at it.

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and...

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and...

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids...

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...

Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted,...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in...

We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in...

In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.

In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good...