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> [People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/people-have-set-that-up-as-a-standard-not-to-recognize-a-prophet-in/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

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## More by Sun Ra

> [Where human eyes have never seen, where human beings have never been, I build a world of abstract dreams, and I wait for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/where-human-eyes-have-never-seen-where-human-beings-have-never-been-i/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/not-too-many-people-in-america-know-about-me-but-all-of-europe-knows/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [The earth moves in a certain rhythm, a certain sound, a certain note. When the music stops the earth will stop and everything upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/the-earth-moves-in-a-certain-rhythm-a-certain-sound-a-certain-note/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [I'm playing dark history. It's beyond black. I'm dealing with the dark things of the cosmos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/i-m-playing-dark-history-it-s-beyond-black-i-m-dealing-with-the-dark/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [“wings greater than wings wings greater than walls”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/wings-greater-than-wings-wings-greater-than-walls/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [“I have said before that the music is the words and the words are the music It is all there for you to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/i-have-said-before-that-the-music-is-the-words-and-the-words-are-the/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/a-prophet-is-not-without-honor-except-in-his-own-country-among-his/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [The possible has been tried and failed. Now it's time to try the impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/the-possible-has-been-tried-and-failed-now-it-s-time-to-try-the/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [I use music as a medium to talk to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/i-use-music-as-a-medium-to-talk-to-people/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [I think of myself as a complete mystery. To myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/i-think-of-myself-as-a-complete-mystery-to-myself/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [It takes a motion to notion and it takes a notion to motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/it-takes-a-motion-to-notion-and-it-takes-a-notion-to-motion/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [The real aim of music is to co-ordinate the minds of the people into an intelligent reach for a better world and an intelligent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/the-real-aim-of-music-is-to-co-ordinate-the-minds-of-the-people-into/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [Heaven is where you'll be when you are okay right where you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/heaven-is-where-you-ll-be-when-you-are-okay-right-where-you-are/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/people-have-set-that-up-as-a-standard-not-to-recognize-a-prophet-in/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

> [Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is a noble precept, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-ra/music-is-a-plane-of-wisdom-because-music-is-a-universal-language-it/)

[Sun Ra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-ra/)

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