If a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can hurl against you in order to make you lose your temper, your equilibrium, then he can always keep you under subjection.
Howard ThurmanOften, to be free means the ability to deal with the realities of one's own situation so as not to be overcome by them.
Howard ThurmanTwilight - a time of pause when nature changes her guard. All living things would fade and die from too much light or too much dark, if twilight were not.
Howard Thurman