Category Archives: truth and courage quotes

If you can’t take it, you ain’t gonna make it

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Lynette

  ” I still have a lot of folks come up—black and white—who try to discourage me, and it don’t even faze me anymore.  I don’t let nobody tell me what I can’t do.  Only time I say I can’t do somethin’  … Continue reading →

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Nudge the spirit towards a place where it can flourish

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Lynette

“Important events–whether serious, happy, or unfortunate–do not change a man’s soul, they merely bring it into relief,  just as a strong gust of wind reveals the true shape of a tree when it blows off all its leaves.  Such events … Continue reading →

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You are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Lynette

“As I look back on the trip now, as I try to sort out fact from fiction, try to remember how I felt at that particular time, or during that particular incident, try to relive those memories that have been … Continue reading →

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This question of empathy

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Lynette

“People identify themselves, in some subliminal way.  You know very soon into which category they fall.  You know that you would like to see them again; or you definitely would not, or you don’t much care either way.  Sexual attraction … Continue reading →

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The Way We Choose Our Truths

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Lynette

“We choose our truths the way we choose our gods, single-sightedly, single-mindedly, no other way to feel or see or think. We lock ourselves into our ways, and click all the truths to one. We put our truths together in … Continue reading →

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