Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
ABERJHANINelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
ABERJHANIIf life is a birthday cake let my face be smeared with its icing of cognac and kindness.
ABERJHANIDare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.
ABERJHANILove is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator.
ABERJHANIFriendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails.
ABERJHANIWomen and Men, Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists, white, black, red, brown.
ABERJHANIIn short, the power of a certain kind of dream is such that death need not indicate finality at all but rather signify a metaphysical and metaphorical leap forward.
ABERJHANIPoetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.
ABERJHANIThe more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence
ABERJHANIThe rainbows that dangle upon this mist: shatter. Like the smile of a child separated from his mother’s milk for the very first time.from poem Blood and Blossoms
ABERJHANILearning to cultivate an awareness of the known and unknown within one’s being often leads to a healthier and more realistic sense of self.
ABERJHANIBetween men and women, between blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, haves and have-have-nots, self and self.
ABERJHANIThe thorn is a bridge spanning the muddy depths of agony and sorrow so that one may on the other side dance to the drums of the rose of joy.
ABERJHANIWe are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive forces of war
ABERJHANIYou were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.
ABERJHANIHere are lips of flame eager to be extinguished by love’s liquid sigh.
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