Mainstream medias representation, or its guerrilla decontextualization, of black mens lives in particular can set the stage for erroneous assumptions capable of damaging an individual or a nation.
ABERJHANISome have speculated that the way [Albert] Camus died made his theories on absurdity a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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As history has demonstrated many times over, change may arrive slowly or quickly but it is the one constant, in one form or another, on which we can all count.
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The 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.
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To create art with all the passion in one’s soul is to live art with all the beauty in one’s heart.
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Friendship fails, Intelligence fails, Humanity: fails.
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Terrorism, and political chaos that have characterized the beginning of the 21st Century.
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All the world loves a ghost. The evidence of that simple statement can be found by looking in nearly every direction.
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The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various ‘individuals’, or groups of ‘individuals’
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We can cry for years but sometimes gotta smile too.
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Dare to love yourself
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The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence
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The 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
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Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
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How hard are human beings willing to fight to achieve and sustain justice, equanimity, or joy? And should progress be called such when it devours what is best within the human spirit?
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With something closer to love in its most empowering and healing sense.
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It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be ‘at risk’ of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.
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There is in Albert Camus’ literary craftsmanship a seductive intelligence that could almost make a reader dismiss his philosophical intentions if he had not insisted on making them so clear.
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Stars wishing upon the potential of humans shine faithfully on.
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Writing for me is a form of spiritual discipline and creative vision, a means of being in the world and giving one’s love to it without compromise or dilution.
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Stars ink your fingers with a lexicon of flame blazing rare knowledge.
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Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you.
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The more sincere the soul, the heavier the cross endured.
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His [Ben Okri’s] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them:
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Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.
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What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?
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The ecstatic beauty and soulful grace of Rumi’s poetry inspires human hearts to believe in possibilities beyond the predictably fatal.
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To heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries
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