A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.
Anything is possible. A man is what he makes up his mind to be.
A white person was by definition somebody. Other people needed, across their hearts, one steel rib.
That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.
I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule.
The independents are the ones who tend to commit suicide. I'm not against this way of being in the world. Individuals have brought us many treasures. You can't just say that's a bad way of being in the world - it's not. But it's not everyone's way of being in the world.