"You will be free of the world's turbulence as soon as you stop taking your thoughts so seriously."

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“You don't see your prison because its bars are invisible.”

“There are no ordinary moments.”

“Anger is stronger than fear, stronger than sorrow.”

“The world's a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it." - Socrates”

“A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does”

“I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.”

Resonant Thoughts

"When the dark and vengeful spirit of slavery, always ambitious, preferring to rule in hell than to serve in heaven, fired the southern heart and stirred all the malign elements of discord, when our gr…"

— Frederick Douglass

Social Activism1818–1895

#freedom

"Lenin and Hitler are haters of freedom and—in so far as they are capable of love at all—they are lovers of intolerance. They wanted freedom to establish unfreedom."

— Frederick Augustus Voigt

Journalism1892–1957

#freedom

"At first the child is amused by his anus and feces, and gaily inserts his finger into the orifice, smelling it, smearing feces on the walls, playing games of touching objects with his anus, and the li…"

— Ernest Becker

Literature1924–1974

#humor

"You are here to discuss a matter which is of extreme importance to yourselves, your families and your community, so let's get to the subject at hand. A hundred and fifty-five years ago, in the state o…"

— Cesar Chavez

Social Activism1927–1993

#freedom