Josephine Lawrence quotes

“Prejudice is a seeping, dark stain, I think, more difficult to fight than hatred-which is powerful and violent and somehow more honest.”
-- Josephine Lawrence

Source : Josephine Lawrence (1945). “Let Us Consider One Another”, New York ; London : . Appleton-Century

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“Real separation, to me, is the death of love. Any other - parting - well, it just isn't real.”
-- Josephine Lawrence

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“Folks think that children will make up for all they ought to do and haven't done ...”
-- Josephine Lawrence

Source : Josephine Lawrence (1944). “A tower of steel”

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“Any fear is always worse than the thing itself.”
-- Josephine Lawrence

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“I would not preach tolerance, which seems to me another name for condescension and presupposes faults in those to be tolerated ... Nor do I believe in demanding love - that should be the gift of a free will. But simply to be kind - that is not too much to ask of any of us.”
-- Josephine Lawrence

Source : Josephine Lawrence (1945). “Let Us Consider One Another”, New York ; London : . Appleton-Century

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“if some folks have buried their racial prejudices, the chances are that they've got the graves marked and will have no trouble disinterring their pet hates.”
-- Josephine Lawrence

Source : Josephine Lawrence (1945). “Let Us Consider One Another”, New York ; London : . Appleton-Century

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“Perhaps for the purposes of war racial differences had been buried, but certainly in no deep grave.”
-- Josephine Lawrence

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“You can never tell what will happen to a theory before you can get around to using it.”
-- Josephine Lawrence

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“At first trouble is a new experience - gradually you learn that - that it isn't fatal.”
-- Josephine Lawrence

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“Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.275, Simon and Schuster

“Human curiosity, the urge to know, is a powerful force and is perhaps the best secret weapon of all in the struggle to unravel the workings of the natural world.”

“In keeping people straight, principle is not as powerful as a policeman.”

“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”

“Is there a chance? A fragment of light at the end of the tunnel? A reason to fight? Is there a chance you may change your mind? Or are we ashes and wine?”

Source : Song: Ashes and Wine, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007

“A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.”

“For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.”

Source : A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2003). “Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India”, p.108, Penguin Books India

“Approach or come: refers not to the physical act of coming, but to the mental attitude; the heart is mentioned for sincerity. When they sincerely promise not to fight against you, do not pursue them. Remember that if they had fought against you, your difficulties would have been increased. Their neutrality itself may be a great advantage to you. So long as you are satisfied that they are sincere and their acts support their declarations of peace with you, you should not consider yourself justified in pursuing them and warring against them.”

Source : Abdullah Yusuf Ali (2004). “The Meaning of the Holy Qu'ran”, Amana Pubns

“I love nothing more than a good, rich, dark chocolate. It exhilarates. It satisfies.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.”