
Howard Thurman
Howard Washington Thurman was an American author, philosopher, minister, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- West Palm Beach
- Educated at
- Morehouse CollegeColgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
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Trending topics shown first"In the conflicts between man and man, between group and group, between nation and nation, the loneliness of the seeker for community is sometimes unendurable. The radical tension between good and evil…"
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
"The movement of the Spirit of God in the hearts of men and women often calls them to act against the spirit of their times or causes them to anticipate a spirit which is yet in the making. In a moment…"
"Jesus rejected hatred because he saw that hatred meant death to the mind, death to the spirit, and death to communion with his Father. He affirmed life; and hatred was the great denial."
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Timeline
1899
Born
Birth1981
Died
Death
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