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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

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Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

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Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

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There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.

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Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.

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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.

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People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.

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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 2nd, 1924

Died: December 1st, 1987

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