Motivational Abolitionist Quotes & Sayings

That was when I realized we weren't born to be
slaves. It was ignorant for any man to think he could be the master of another. We were all meant to be free, and somewhere there were good people helping to heal this broken world. — Jay Grewal

I believe we should really take our own phenomenology more seriously. What a good theory of conscious must explain is the variance in this subjective sense of realness: There clearly is a phenomenology of "hyperrealness", for example during religious experiences or under the influence of certain psychoactive substances. — Thomas Metzinger

Is there anyone more insufferable than a self-made man?" I heard Dr. Kimbrough ask. I — Robert Lee Hamady

Positive and negative actions are determined by one's own motivation. If the motivation is good, all actions become positive; if the motivation is wrong, all actions become negative. — Dalai Lama XIV

Truth requires a maximum effort to see through the eyes of strangers, foreigners, and enemies. — Taylor Branch

I don't understand why it's a sin if you love something and want to keep it from having to suffer. — Jodi Picoult

War is a ritual, a deadly ritual, not the result of aggressive self-assertion, but of self-transcending identification. Without loyalty to tribe, church, flag or ideal, there would be no wars. — Arthur Koestler

Tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people. — Paulo Coelho

The old man opened his eyes and for a moment he was coming back from a long way away. Then he smiled. — Ernest Hemingway,

Woman, in the picture language of mythology, represents the totality of what can be known. The hero is the one who comes to know ... And if he can match her import, the two, the knower and the known, will be released from every limitation ... The hero who can take her as she is, without undue commotion but with the kindness and assurance she requires, is potentially the king, the incarnate god, of her created world. — Joseph Campbell

The pure Christian State is a State in which theological law prevails. This law attains to real power or, to be more exact, absolute power, when through its results which are identical with those of opium, it puts all parts of humanity to sleep. If some occasionally awake they carry out crimes that horrify humanity which has not yet become Christian in the full sense of the word or has already abandoned the Christian framework. — Bruno Bauer

Creation is great, and cannot be understood. — Thomas Carlyle

I'd been used to this idea of destructive performance art instead of a slick, good-sounding show. So, I became frustrated as I felt I'd been doing the shows wrong. That sucked. — Erika M. Anderson

The Hurricane
The tree lay down
on the garage roof
and stretched, You
have your heaven,
it said, go to it. — William Carlos Williams

Losing more of our existing nuclear fleet will make it that much tougher to meet our carbon reduction goals. We need to keep ramping up renewables, but they can't meet our need for reliable power 24/7. Nuclear is a baseload source and it's carbon-free - two things we need. — Eileen Claussen