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More Quotes by Toni Morrison
The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
Laughter is more serious than tears.
I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.
In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.
I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge - even wisdom. Like art.
There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.
I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.
Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
