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If you are a woman, if you are a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a person of size, if you are a person of intelligence, if you are a person of integrity, then YOU are minority in this world.

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Cette âme est pleine d'ombre, le péché s'y commet. Le coupable n'est pas celui qui y fait le péché, mais celui qui y a fait l'ombre.

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Source: Les Misérables
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"I wish you could've seen the Daughters of Mary the first time they laid eyes on this label. You know why? Because when they looked at her, it occurred to them for the first time in their lives that what's divine can come in dark skin. You see, everybody needs a God who looks like them, Lily."

Sue Monk Kidd
Source: The Secret Life of Bees
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I said, "If I was a Negro girl—"
He placed his fingers across my lips so I tasted his saltiness. "We can't think of changing our skin," he said. "Change the world—that's how we gotta think."

Sue Monk Kidd
Source: The Secret Life of Bees
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"Why is it sports is the only thing white people see us being successful at? I don't want to play football," he said. "I wanna be a lawyer."
"That's fine with me," I said, a little annoyed. "I've just never heard of a Negro lawyer, that's all. You've got to hear of these things before you can imagine them."
"Bullshit. You gotta imagine what's never been."

Sue Monk Kidd
Source: The Secret Life of Bees
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Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor.

Siddhartha Gautama Buddha : Indian mystic, founder of Buddhism
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If you really want everything, then give up everything.

Lao Tzu : Chinese philosopher & mystic, founder of Taoism
Lao Tzu (c.604 - 531 B.C.)
 
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We have to learn to die in every moment in order to be fully alive.

Thich Nhat Hanh : Gaia Explorer
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There is no joy but now.

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Use your time wisely. Every moment produce beautiful thoughts, loving, kindness, forgiveness. Say beautiful things, inspire, forgive, act physically to protect and help.

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