Quotes of Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.

- Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

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“ I love women, but I feel like you can’t trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog’s name. Then I said, ‘Does he bite?’ She said, ‘No.’ And I said, ‘Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?’ Liar. ”

- Demetri Martin

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon

“ Your dream should always be greater than your grievances ”

- Aadarsh Singh

“ Perfect is annoying, boring, and impossible to sustain. Knowing how to translate conscientiousness into something beyond the fleeting satisfaction of “me” toward a “we” mindset is the best move you can make. ”

- Kristen Lee

“ Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ When love comes like that, all you can do is surrender, to lay down your arms and submit to the will of those who would love you. For in denying it, you face only regret. ”

- Michael Kilman

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ Whether you know or not, you are the infinite potential of love, peace and joy ”

- Amit Ray

“ In the waltz of the leaves in the air In the features of the playful clouds In the nostalgia carried by the wind In Paris alone, I save your love (fragment from Your presence “partout”, chapter Hope) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein

“ I spend most nights at home falling in love with the idea of you. ”

- Michael Faudet

“ sometimes the unknown is better for all involved ”

- Azelene Williams

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ Be brave. Don't just live in your cave till your grave. ”

- RVM

“ Tough times never last. Tough people do ”

- Robert Schuller

“ Though lovers be lost love shall not. ”

- Dylan Thomas

“ The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why ”

- Mark Twain