J. Nozipo Maraire quotes

“Racism is a phenomenal thing; it is like a thick mist that obscures the vision and judgement of even great minds.”
-- J. Nozipo Maraire

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“Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”
-- J. Nozipo Maraire

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“How grateful I am That the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints has from its beginnings stood strongly against racism in any of its malignant manifestations”

Source : “No More Strangers” by Alexander B. Morrison, www.lds.org. September 2000.

“Racism oppresses its victims, but also binds the oppressors, who sear their consciences with more and more lies until they become prisoners of those lies. They cannot face the truth of human equality because it reveals the horror of the injustices they commit.”

“A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction.”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

“We may fail of our happiness, strive we ever so bravely; but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.”

“In my judgement, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions.”

“A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot Saxtus”

“If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past.”

“Of what use is a dream if not a blueprint for courageous action.”

“We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.”

“... The meeting is called by the U.S. to give their vision of the interim Iraqi authority. It will be a one-day meeting. And the U.S. will present its vision, and there will be a statement after the meeting.”