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Valentines Day itself, like most holidays in the modern era, has been heavily influenced by commercialism that focuses on the appeal of…

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First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an…

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“Knowledge planted in truth grows in truth. Strength born of peace loses nothing to hate.”

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The thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other side dance…

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The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past…

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In a rich moonlit garden, flowers open beneath the eyes of entire nations terrified to acknowledge the simplicity of the beauty of…

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The fate that condemns or saves one sooner or later often condemns or saves another.

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When the will to learn from the ordinary is present, a seeker may indeed gain entrance into levels of awareness that are…

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Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies…

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Minister and writer Barbara Kaufmann has addressed the subject of guerrilla decontextualization on both the 'Voices Compassionate Education' website and on 'Inner…

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“Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity…

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The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the…

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Classic romantic love is an emotional attraction between two individuals in which they may share a heightened awareness of mutual adoration. Erotic…

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Happy World Poetry Day: 'The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition…

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In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to…

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Art gives its vision to beauty not always recognized. And it surrenders freely -- whatever power it possesses to every sincere soul…

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Beneath the armor of skin/and/bone/and/mind most of our colors are amazingly the same.

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Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.

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Learning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one's being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense…

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“In my head this cruel unspeakable truth: that we battled and we cursed and we spilled each other’s blood, we relished our…

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What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?

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This rose of pearl-coated infinity transforms the diseased slums of a broken heart into a palace made of psalms and gold.

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When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry, he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past…

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Mainstream medias representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black mens lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of…

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Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility…

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It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of…

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Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions…

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Careful studies of cases dealing with supposed 'mental disorder' have at times revealed that many thought to be insane or warped in…

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Millions cheer the warriorspilling blood across the ringwhile the one who stands for peaceis ridiculed and shamed.Must hearts forever sufferfrom ignorance and…

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every…

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The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of…

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The music of revelation announces itself to the reader in somber brooding tones or in melodies light as air and one is…

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There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he…

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“When all the lights fold back into their silence, in a place secret and safe, warm and fragrant like stars, you will…

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“The instinct to tell our children that they are better than someone else’s children, based on nothing more than the color of…

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Some have speculated that the way [Albert] Camus died made his theories on absurdity a self-fulfilling prophecy. Others would say it was…

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By striving so mightily to accomplish specific goals on behalf of one segment of humanity, she [Toni Morrison] went beyond them to…

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In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may…

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“Human beings, in a sense, may be thought of as multidimensional creatures composed of such poetic considerations as the individual need for…

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At one end of the continuum known as history are first-time events that have generated notable measures of public recognition due to…

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