Lives Quotes

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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 create literary wonders… — Aberjhani
When reading about what may be described as the lesser celebrated heroic figures of the Harlem Renaissance, we rarely get a definitive look at just… — Aberjhani
Mind only thinks, meditation lives. — Rajneesh
Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought. — Stephen Levine
You cannot trust a person until you know where and how he lives — Paulo Coelho
Hippy is an establishment label for a profound, invisible, underground, evolutionary process. For every visible hippy, barefoot, beflowered, beaded, there are a thousand invisible members… — Timothy Leary
These are the times for real choices and not false ones. We are at the moment when our lives must be placed on the line… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is not healthy when a nation lives within a nation, as colored Americans are living inside America. A nation cannot live confident of its… — Pearl S. Buck
Someone must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen to me to do so. The… — William Wells Brown
The America of Moctezuma and Atahualpa,the aromatic America of Columbus,Catholic America, Spanish America,the America where noble Cuauhtémoc said: "I am not on a bed of… — Ruben Dario
For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt. — Lillian Hellman
It's funny how heterosexuals have lives and the rest of us have "lifestyles." — Sonia Johnson
Good poetry and successful revolution change our lives. And you cannot compose a good poem or wage a revolution without changing consciousness unless you attack… — June Jordan
A man who lives, not by what he loves but what he hates, is a sick man. — Archibald MacLeish
It occurred to me when I was thirteen and wearing white gloves and Mary Janes and going to dancing school, that no one should have… — William Ruckelshaus
Charity is an ugly trick. It is a virtue grown by the rich on the graves of the poor. Unless it is accompanied by sincere… — Rebecca West
I have come to believe that our lives can be turned in a different direction, our minds adopt a different way of thinking, by some… — Howard Zinn
I want to live in a world where people become famous because of their work for peace and justice and care. I want the famous… — Patch Adams
Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I don't understand why people whose entire lives or their corporate success depends on communication, and yet they are led on occasion by CEOs who… — Frank Luntz
Do you think the people who were trying to reach to the Everest were not full of doubts? For a hundred years, how many people… — Rajneesh
We spend most of our lives conjugating three verbs: to want, to have, and to do. — Evelyn Underhill
The fact that some people can push others to the point of thinking that their lives are not worthy is catastrophic. — Unknown Author
Most people get suicide, I guess; most people, even if it's hidden deep down inside somewhere, can remember a time in their lives when they… — Nick Hornby
I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. (suicide note) — Wendy O. Williams

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