We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark. — Whoopi Goldberg

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There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you... And there are others who will understand - without you even speaking a word.

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Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty, knowledge, and efficiency.

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Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you? -- Walt Whitman

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I have seen the dark universe yawning Where the black planets roll without aim, Where they roll in their horror unheeded, Without knowledge, or lustre, or name.

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Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you.

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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. - Charles Spurgeon

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If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.- Margaret Fuller

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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

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