Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

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We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

This could be our revolution to love what is...plentiful as much as whats scarce.

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get...

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are...

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can't have.

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one's children will become...

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is...

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is...

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they...

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they...