“When the environment you live in and know most intimately does not place value on loving, a spiritual life provides a place of solace and renewal.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
“Seek truth in meditation, not in moldy books. Look in the sky to find the moon, not in the pond.”— Persian proverb.”
― Autobiography of a Yogi
― Autobiography of a Yogi
“Many black men who express the greatest hostility toward the white male power structure are often eager to gain access to that power. Their expressions of rage and anger are less a critique of the white male patriarchal social order and more a reaction against the fact that they have not been allowed full participation in the power game.”
― Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
― Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
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