Sharm

“We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

“It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

“One can give nothing whatever without giving oneself - that is to say, risking oneself. If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time