--- title: "1 Big heart Quotes By Timothy B. Tyson" description: "1 Big heart quotes by Timothy B. Tyson. Plus more from Timothy B. Tyson and more Big heart sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/timothy-b-tyson-20908_bad-man_oxford-was-as-drenched-in-dixie-as-we-we_1143825.png" --- > [“Oxford was as drenched in Dixie as we were, just about as Southern a town as you would ever hope to find, which generally was a good thing, because that meant that the weather was nice, except when it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/oxford-was-as-drenched-in-dixie-as-we-were-just-about-as-southern-a/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/timothy-b-tyson-20908_bad-man_oxford-was-as-drenched-in-dixie-as-we-we_1143825.png) ## More by Timothy B. Tyson > [“In politics, everyone regards themselves as a moderate, because they know some other sumbitch who's twice as crazy as they are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/in-politics-everyone-regards-themselves-as-a-moderate-because-they/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“Racism was an important moral issue, one that the church needed to confront. Putting a black man in a position of honor and authority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/racism-was-an-important-moral-issue-one-that-the-church-needed-to/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [In a fallen world marked by human depravity and deep-seated sin, in a world where Hitler and Stalin had recruited millions of followers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/in-a-fallen-world-marked-by-human-depravity-and-deep-seated-sin-in-a/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [Unjust social orders do not fall merely by appeals to the consciences of the oppressor, though such appeals may be an important element; history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/unjust-social-orders-do-not-fall-merely-by-appeals-to-the-consciences/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [We are runaway slaves from our own past, and only by turning to face the hounds can we find our freedom beyond them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/we-are-runaway-slaves-from-our-own-past-and-only-by-turning-to-face/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional narrative is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/we-cherish-the-conventional-story-of-dr-king-and-nonviolence-in-fact/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“The self-congratulatory popular account insists that Dr. King called on the nation to fully accept its own creed, and the walls came a-tumbling down.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/the-self-congratulatory-popular-account-insists-that-dr-king-called/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“Oxford was as drenched in Dixie as we were, just about as Southern a town as you would ever hope to find, which generally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/oxford-was-as-drenched-in-dixie-as-we-were-just-about-as-southern-a/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“We want to transcend our history without actually confronting it. We cannot address the place we find ourselves because we will not acknowledge the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/we-want-to-transcend-our-history-without-actually-confronting-it-we/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“We cannot address the place we find ourselves because we will not acknowledge the road that brought us here. Our failure to confront the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/we-cannot-address-the-place-we-find-ourselves-because-we-will-not/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“Anyone intent on moral clarity might want to find another book and, in fact, might not want to go anywhere near the enduring chasm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/anyone-intent-on-moral-clarity-might-want-to-find-another-book-and-in/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“What the advocates of our dangerous and deepening social amnesia don’t understand is how deeply the past holds the future in its grip—even, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/what-the-advocates-of-our-dangerous-and-deepening-social-amnesia-don/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“The things that influenced my conduct as a Negro did not have to happen to me directly; I needed but to hear about them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/the-things-that-influenced-my-conduct-as-a-negro-did-not-have-to/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“It was like watching a community you thought you knew reveal itself as something else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/it-was-like-watching-a-community-you-thought-you-knew-reveal-itself/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) > [“When we said we were going to do something "directly," which is pronounced "dreckly," we meant that we were going to get to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-b-tyson/when-we-said-we-were-going-to-do-something-directly-which-is/) [Timothy B. Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-b-tyson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-heart/timothy-b-tyson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Big heart Quotes By Timothy B. 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