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The Heart of Everything

by Marc Levy (Goodreads Author)

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Soul Surgery: Some Thoughts on Incisive Personal Work

by Howard Arnold Walter

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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

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It’s relatively easy to agree that only Homo sapiens can speak about things that don’t really exist, and believe six impossible things before breakfast. You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless ...more

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Matt’s Quotes

“The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor: he took my measure anew every time he saw me, whilst all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

tags: change, sensibility

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“Love never fails. Character never quits. And with patience and persistence, dreams do come true”
― Pete Maravich

tags: dreams, inspirational, love, patience, persistence

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“The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you'll get action.”
― Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements

tags: activism, awareness, change, education, knowledge, revolution, truth

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“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.”
― Ernesto Che Guevara

tags: justice, social-justice

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“The man who accepts Western values absolutely, finds his creative faculties becoming so warped and stunted that he is almost completely dependent on external satisfactions; and the moment he becomes frustrated in his search for these, he begins to develop neurotic symptoms, to feel that life is not worth living, and, in chronic cases, to take his own life.”
― Paul Robeson, Paul Robeson Speaks: Writings, Speeches, and Interviews, a Centennial Celebration

tags: life, values, western-civilization

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