He often illustrated his teachings through parables on nature, such as using the difference between an oak tree and bamboo to make a point (the oak tree will eventually snap under a strong wind while the bamboo survives because it can move
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“If everyone looked the other way, then everybody was in on it. If he looked the other way, he was as implicated as the rest. That's how he saw it, how he'd always seen things.”
― The Nickel Boys
― The Nickel Boys
“There are people who trick you and deliver emptiness with a smile, while others rob you of your self-respect. You need to remember who you are.”
― The Nickel Boys
― The Nickel Boys
“Make a career of humanity. Make it a central part of your life.”
― The Nickel Boys
― The Nickel Boys
“We must believe in our souls that we are somebody, that we are significant, that we are worthful, and we must walk the streets of life every day with this sense of dignity and this sense of somebody-ness.”
― The Nickel Boys
― The Nickel Boys
“Like justice, it existed in theory.”
― The Nickel Boys
― The Nickel Boys
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