Black Quote by Malidoma Patrice Some Download Open image “As long as we are not ourselves, we will try to be what other people are.” — Malidoma Patrice Some ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Black Black history Long People Trying
We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
As long as I live I shall always be My Self - and no other, Just me. — Walter de La Mare Copy Share Image
As far as all of our identities are dependent on how other people imagine us we are all making ourselves and each other up… — John Green Copy Share Image
When we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
We have to start seeing people as human beings. Our entire humanity depends on that. — Lisa Ling Copy Share Image
It's true that tribal rivalries have something to do with political instability. It's also true that those rivalries were exaggerated by colonialism. Colonialism essentially… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
In Africa, you cannot come into a comfortable material lifestyle without going through Christ. So many Africans say, "I'll take the whole package. That… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
“Wealth (among the Dagara) is determined not by how many things you have, but by how many people you have around you.” — Malidoma Patrice Somé Copy Share Image
Spiritual methods are essential in Africa if you are going to survive politically. My cousin is the chief security officer for the president of… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
The spiritual thirst that is latent in everybody can never come to a place of fulfillment unless people begin to think of each other… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
Nakedness is very common in the tribe. It is not a shameful thing; it is an expression of one's relationship with the spirit of… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
Historically the customs and traditions of day-to-day life in Africa have been dismissed by Western cultural anthropologists as primitive, chaotic, pagan activities that should… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
Healing comes when the individual remembers his or her identity—the purpose chosen in the world of ancestral wisdom—and reconnects with that world of Spirit. — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
I see too many people who jump into spirituality as a shelter to hide from reality. It doesn't work that way. The way it… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
The power of quiet is great. It generates the same feelings in everything one encounters. It vibrates with the cosmic rhythm of oneness. It… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
Whether they are raised in indigenous or modern culture, there are two things that people crave: the full realization of their innate gifts, and… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
The power of nature exists in its silence. Human words cannot encode the meaning because human language has access only to the shadow of… — Malidoma Patrice Some Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
When you go to a club it's not about being black or white or heavy or thick. I'm shaking my ass because I want… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
The term "black metal" has become a lot looser, or can include a larger range of sounds and extra-musical aesthetics, not just Satan and… — Colin Marston Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party...and it has two right wings: Republican and Democrat. Republicans are a bit… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final… — Frank B. Wilderson III Copy Share Image
Hollywood is so fixated on keeping it that way because it's generating the buzz, but that representation isn't right. I definitely feel like it's… — John Boyega Copy Share Image
