Sometimes we find the sweetest solidarity in the midst of solitude.
Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.
(n.) An entire union or consolidation of interests and responsibilities; fellowship; community.
As negroes moved from unionism toward political action, white labor in the North not only moved in the opposite direction from political action to union organization, but also evolved the American Bli...
To die to our neighbors means to stop judging them, to stop evaluating them, and thus to become free to be compassionate. Compassion can never coexist with judgment because judgment creates the distan...
Judgments based on preconceptions make life simple for us to deal with since that means we safely shield ourselves behind barriers of preconception that helped us feel safe in whatever views or assump...
We always emerge from the death of a loved one like a phoenix arising from its funeral pyre.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
Male writers who never find the stabilizing force of an understanding woman in their lives usually end up as the jaded figures of their days, the types who give much artistic expression to the world,...
What greater good could there be in a man’s life than to lift the oppression that destroys them, what greater honor is there?
True heroes don't fall. They only encounter temporary setbacks as they forge ahead towards progress.
The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity.
Time alone can nourish or erode our emotions.
The narrow-minded find it convenient to create stereotypes, and then try to fit everybody, everything and every situation into those stereotypes.
In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions. That is how we ended up complicating our world.
Katrina was an extreme version of what goes on in many disasters,wherein how you behave depends on whether you think your neighbors or fellow citizens are a greater threat than the havoc wrought by a...
Feelings, rationale and values are the top qualities that make a person exceedingly human.
Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their personal feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters they have weaved. And in a curious way, without them reall...
Societies and people that come close to being happy are those that do well in narrowing the disparity between their desires and their needs, especially the material things of life.
Some people live their memorable years fighting against their basic instincts only to succumb in the end to what was actually good for them.
There are people who bring joy to our lives, but who fail to make us happy. They are the people for the moment. Never rely on their love because it is not sustainable. Their love is alike a comet that...