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"The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity."
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"The programming of the consciousness is based upon what is accepted or believed."
"Your fundamental assumption is wrong. You think you are this vehicle. This naked ape. Homo sapiens. I tell you, you are no more human than a driver is the car he is driving. You would never go to a junkyard to look for the driver would you?"
"In a country of ideas, consciousness is its' citizen."
"Like the spider spinning its web, we create much of the outer world from within ourselves. The universe is a joint product of the observer and the observed."
"Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?"
"It has been said that poise is our highest state of consciousness. It reflects your presence, composure, balance, gratitude, discretion, and self-respect. Whether a man or a woman, a poised person carries within themselves an elegant air of dignity and grace. Their personal brand is polished and purposeful."
"It's not the world that needs to change - it's our consciousness we must raise."
"The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort; we know them only from the contents of our own consciousness."
"Universal consciousness can never die, it can only transform and transcend."
"There's no consciousness without senses and memories."
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"In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face."
"Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time."
"It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality."
"Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude."
"Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being."
"The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity."
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