“Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so cautious, so 'safe,' and therefore so shrinking and rigid and afraid that it is why so many humans fail. Most middle-aged adults have resigned themselves to failure.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”
― The Trial
― The Trial
“there is nothing bad to fear; once you have crossed that threshold, all is well. Another world, and you do not have to speak”
― Letter to His Father
― Letter to His Father
“I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being--neither white, black, brown, or red; and when you are dealing with humanity as a family there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one human being marrying another human being or one human being living around and with another human being.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
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