Quote #24

'I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.'

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  2. 'I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a …
  3. 'I know I could never forgive myself if IU elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without…
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  5. 'Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.'
  6. 'My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.'
  7. 'A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.'
  8. 'My humanity, in common with all of God's children, gives the greatest flight to my full range of my possibilities.'

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