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"Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now."
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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
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"The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency."

"To get matured, you must have an education in the School of Solitude!"

"Happiness is not defined by how much money you possess."

"If you want people to enter your world, you don't need to invite them; just keep your door open and keep your thoughts plain!"
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"It's possible to take that as a personal metaphor and then multiply it to a people, a race, a sex, a time. If we can keep this thing going long enough, if we can survive and teach what we know, we'll make it."

"But, on the other hand, I get bored with racism too and recognize that there are still many things to be said about a Black person and a White person loving each other in a racist society."

"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive."

"In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction."

"When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak."

"I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell."

"But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women."

"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."
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